June 2, 2026
The job of a lifetime
When I first joined MEDITECH as a programmer in 1974, I thought maybe I would stay for a year or two before heading back to grad school. (Ha.) I was young and ambitious, a proud “computer nerd” with a degree in electrical engineering from MIT and a plan to get my PhD. Last month, after five decades ...
April 27, 2021
Looking past the pandemic: A vision of healthcare’s future
The past year has been incredibly challenging for the entire healthcare community. That includes those of us in healthcare IT. Of course, we have not been subjected to the incredible levels of stress faced by front-line healthcare workers, but we've had to pivot and make changes we couldn’t have ...
March 24, 2020
MEDITECH stands with providers in the fight against COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak presents an unprecedented challenge to the medical community — and the pandemic has shaken many of the basic functions of society. It has been an inspiration to see healthcare experts and front-line providers maintain their vigilance and professionalism under exceedingly ...
May 7, 2019
Setting a course for the 'next frontier' of cloud-based patient access
In part one of this blog, Howard described the capabilities of cloud infrastructure, the potential it holds for health IT developers, health providers, and patients, and the ability it gives doctors to “re-tether” to their patients using this evolving technology. Today, Howard discusses how cloud ...
March 20, 2019
Using the cloud to ‘untether’ medicine from wired tech
A little over 35 years ago, on Feb. 8, 1984, astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart left the space shuttle on mission STS-41-B for the first-ever untethered space walk, becoming what the New York Times called “the first human satellites.” Today, in clinical settings all over the ...
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