Brian Eastwood

Massachusetts

Healthcare, enterprise tech, exec leadership writer. Dad. Runner + 18-time marathon finisher. Also: History, coffee, cats. He/him.

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Bonus Features - May 11, 2025 - 81% of healthcare decision-makers say relevant data is too difficult to access, AI copilots can reduce clinical review time for complex visits by 40%, plus 20 more stories | Healthcare IT Today

5 days ago | healthcareittoday.com | Brian Eastwood

Brian Eastwood is a Boston-based writer with more than 10 years of experience covering healthcare IT and healthcare delivery. Brian also writes about enterprise IT, consumer technology, corporate leadership, and higher education for a range of publications and clients. He got his start as a professional writer as a community newspaper reporter in 2003. When he's not writing, Brian is most likely running, hiking, or cross-country skiing in Northern New England.
Weekly Roundup – May 10, 2025 | Healthcare IT Today

6 days ago | healthcareittoday.com | Brian Eastwood

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. How Can Digital Health Ensure Equitable Access in Rural and Underserved Areas?
Seven Traits To Look For in Managed IT Services for K-12

1 week ago | edtechmagazine.com | Brian Eastwood

Skip to main content May 07 2025 Management When it comes to accelerating and sustaining digital transformation, schools need managed service providers that understand the nuances of their environments. Amid growing resource constraints and the increasing complexity of technology environments, K–12 schools are turning their attention to managed service providers for IT.
Upskilling Healthcare IT Staff to Meet AI and Cybersecurity Needs

1 week ago | healthtechmagazine.net | Brian Eastwood

What Is Upskilling in Healthcare IT? Upskilling refers to the development of new skills to support an employee’s current role. It can take many forms, from online or in-person coursework to peer coaching and stretch assignments that take workers beyond their skill level.
Bonus Features - May 4, 2025 - 39% of private practice owners aim to add patient payment tech this year, 60% of orgs don’t provide cyber awareness training to non-IT staff, plus 33 more stories | Healthcare IT Today

1 week ago | healthcareittoday.com | Brian Eastwood

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
Weekly Roundup – May 3, 2025 | Healthcare IT Today

1 week ago | healthcareittoday.com | Brian Eastwood

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. With Ambient Voice, Accuracy Lies in the Details.
Bonus Features - April 27, 2025 - Espionage now accounts for 1 in 6 healthcare data breaches, Blue Shield of California may have exposed data of 4.7 million people, plus 32 other stories | Healthcare IT Today

2 weeks ago | healthcareittoday.com | Brian Eastwood

Brian Eastwood is a Boston-based writer with more than 10 years of experience covering healthcare IT and healthcare delivery. Brian also writes about enterprise IT, consumer technology, corporate leadership, and higher education for a range of publications and clients. He got his start as a professional writer as a community newspaper reporter in 2003. When he's not writing, Brian is most likely running, hiking, or cross-country skiing in Northern New England.
Weekly Roundup – April 26, 2025 | Healthcare IT Today

2 weeks ago | healthcareittoday.com | Brian Eastwood

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. Key Insights and Perspectives From the PointClickCare Summit.
10 best practices for implementing AI in healthcare

3 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Brian Eastwood

Healthcare's interest in artificial intelligence shows no obvious signs of slowing down. Major industry events have produced a steady stream of AI products and partnerships, particularly for popular use cases such as clinical documentation, process automation and data aggregation. A vast majority of healthcare systems use AI, according to the "AI Adoption and Healthcare Report 2024" released late last year by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society in partnership with Medscape.
How Do Data Silos Impede Patient Care and Provider Efficiency?

3 weeks ago | healthtechmagazine.net | Brian Eastwood

Creating a More Open Data Ecosystem in HealthcareData silos in healthcare are synonymous with inefficiency. They require manual processes for accessing and sharing information — if not the literal act of putting hands on sheets of paper, then the act of copying and pasting data from one source to another. This is labor-intensive; importing and cleansing data sets takes time, which makes real-time analysis and decision-making difficult.