“With health IT, there’s a lot more that’s promised than becomes reality,” says Phillip L. Polakoff, MD, the senior managing director and chief medical executive of FTI Consulting, a global consulting ...

The cloud and big data hold tremendous promise for healthcare providers, life sciences companies and patients. From precision medicine to patient-centered care – there is the potential for better care ...

As technology applications in healthcare continue to grow, electronic health records are maturing, interoperability is developing, and patient-facing technology use is expanding. Although the EHR ...

Bryan Knight talks about how he has found success juggling a full-time job at a life-science startup and his work in the MSIT program. Bryan Knight (MSIT ‘24) started a new job in April 2022 at ...

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed many of the glaring weaknesses in our health care system, while at the same time highlighting many of its strengths, such as our leadership in medical research, ...

What is the best way to develop a cybersecurity strategy? Students in Northwestern Engineering’s Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) program learn that and more in Todd Fitzgerald's ...

ABSTRACT Project failure in the information technology area is a costly problem, and troubled projects are not uncommon. In many cases, these projects seem to take on a life of their own, continuing ...