HealthTech explores technology and healthcare issues — and shares success stories — relevant to IT leaders and managers at healthcare and senior care organizations evaluating and implementing solutions. HealthTech is published by CDW, which is headquartered in Vernon Hills, Ill.
CDW is a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations in North America and the United Kingdom. A Fortune 500 company, CDW was founded in 1984 and employs more than 8,200 coworkers. For the trailing 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2015, the company generated net sales of almost $12.6 billion. For more information, visit www.CDW.com.
About the Team
Ryan Petersen
Editor in Chief | Email
About: Ryan has been a magazine and newspaper editor for 18 years, with the last 12 covering a variety of bases for CDW’s family of tech magazines. As Editor in Chief, he works on developing editorial strategy and is always on the lookout for new writing talent and sharing great stories with the IT world. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys spending time with his family, biking and obsessively following Iowa Hawkeye sports and Cubs baseball.
Vanessa Roberts
Editorial Director | Email
About: Vanessa has worked on the magazine since April 2005. Previously, she spent 18 years at Government Computer News, as managing editor, news editor and writer. In her former spare time, before her family-of-four years, she liked to read a book in one or two sittings and dive wrecks along the Carolina shores and reefs around any Caribbean island.
Tara E. Buck
Executive Editor | Email
About: Tara has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 13 years. Most recently, she was the special publications editor at The Daily Record in Baltimore, which published a variety of legal- and business-focused supplements in addition to higher education and consumer guides. In her downtime, Tara enjoys cooking and traveling with her husband.
Dan Bowman
Managing Editor | Email
About: Dan is an editor focusing on healthcare technology. His experience includes stints with newspapers including the Washington Post and the Washington Times.
Jean Dal Porto
Senior Editor | Email
About: Jean has worked in the publishing industry for over 20 years, and brings her experience as a medical editor to her role as senior editor of HealthTech magazine. As a Chicago native who currently lives in southeastern Wisconsin, she remains a die-hard Cubs and Blackhawks fan. In her life outside of work, you’ll find her galloping across a field on one of her Morgan horses, with her two Labradors in pursuit.
Juliet Van Wagenen
Senior Web Editor | Email
About: Juliet is the senior web editor for HealthTech magazine. In her seven years as a journalist she has covered everything from aerospace to indie music reviews — but she is unfailingly partial to covering technology.
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Copy Editors
Allison Leopold
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Dan Brenner
Photo Editor
Sara Elder
Circulation
Eugene Lee
Advertising Coordinator
Danielle Rogers
Ad Design & Production
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Healthcare Customer Insights
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Bob Rossi
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Jon Karl, Healthcare East
Tom Maloney, Healthcare West
Dennis Morley, Strategic Accounts
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Editorial Calendar
Read the editorial calendar for the quarterly print magazine.
Q1-18
| Themes | Trending |
|---|---|
| Changing the Way Users Work | Building an Infrastructure for Precision Medicine |
| Data Center | Technology to Help Healthcare Organizations Avoid Mobile Mayhem |
| Digital Workspace | How GetWellNetwork Technology Helps Hospitals Optimize Patient Engagement |
| IoT | Innovation in Aging Influences Senior Care |
| Managing Risk | 2018 Tech Trends in Healthcare |
| Upgrading and Preparing for the Future | |
| Security |
| Tech to Watch | Events |
|---|---|
| AI’s Growing Role in Senior Care | HIMSS (March) |
| Asset Management Technology | |
| VR Innovations and How Doctors Provide Care | |
| Turning to Flash for Storage Needs |
Q2-18
| Themes | Trending |
|---|---|
| Changing the Way Users Work | Maximizing IT Efficiency and Security with a Virtualized Infrastructure |
| Data Center | Planning an Infrastructure to Power Virtual Hospitals |
| Doing More with Less | How to Prepare for DOD’s EHR Rollout |
| Managing Risk | Technology’s Role in Care and Operations Continuity During Relocation |
| Networking | |
| Security | |
| Telemedicine |
| Tech to Watch | Events |
|---|---|
| Smartphone-Enabled Medical Devices | American Telemedicine Association Annual Meeting (April) |
| Voice and Speech Recognition to Combat Physician Burnout | Argentum (May) |
| Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Hospital Simplification |
Q3-18
| Themes | Trending |
|---|---|
| Cloud | The Technology Behind Hospital IT Command Centers |
| Data Center | Building a Strong Tech Foundation for Population Health Management |
| Digital Workspace | Mitigating IoT Security Concerns in Hospitals |
| IoT | Managing Healthcare Organization Power and Cooling Challenges |
| Managing Risk | |
| Security | |
| Services | |
| Networking | |
| Upgrading and Preparing for the Future |
| Tech to Watch | Events |
|---|---|
| Drones in the Healthcare Landscape | 50 Must-Read Health IT Blogs List (August) |
| Technology to Bolster Hospital Asset Management | |
| Data Analytics and Warehousing to Improve Workflow, Patient Care | |
| Video Surveillance to Reduce Theft in Hospitals and Health Systems |
Q4-18
| Themes | Trending |
|---|---|
| Cloud | Rebuilding Your IT Infrastructure After a Ransomware Attack |
| Collaboration | Tapping the Cloud to Manage Medical Image Storage and Sharing |
| Managing Risk | Beacon Technology’s Role in Helping Hospitals Deliver Better Patient Care |
| Data Center | Enhancing the Patient Experience with State-of-the-Art Digital Signage |
| Digital Transformation | 2019 Emerging Technologies in Healthcare |
| Mobility | |
| Security | |
| Software | |
| Services | |
| Transforming the Customer Experience |
| Tech to Watch | Events |
|---|---|
| Blockchain to Improve Security, Interoperability in Healthcare Organizations | Leading Age (senior care) (October) |
| Smart Bandages and Other IoT-Friendly Devices on the Network | National Health IT Week (October) |
| Clinical Mobile Computers for Workflow Efficiency | National Cyber Security Awareness Month (October) |