EHRs Underused For Hospital Infection Reporting
Half of infection prevention specialists are unaware if their organizations even participate in electronic health information exchanges, says study.
View Article4 Health IT Themes To Watch At HIMSS13
Interoperability challenges, patient experience, mobile technology will be in spotlight at annual health IT conference.
View ArticleHIMSS: Hospitals Making Progress On Meaningful Use
Survey of healthcare CIOs reveals good progress toward fully functional EHRs, but questions about ACOs, staffing, interoperability loom.
View ArticleBig Data Helps Kaiser Close Healthcare Gaps
Analytics from massive clinical data repository are central to closing gaps in care, HIMSS attendees told.
View ArticleBill Clinton Stumps For Health IT At HIMSS
Former president touts IT's potential to empower small players in a massive system, as HIMSS pledges $2.5 million to further Clinton Global Initiative goals.
View ArticleInformatics Pioneer Says Healthcare Needs Better Systems
Dr. Lawrence Weed continues his longstanding advocacy for computer-aided healthcare and revamping medical education.
View ArticlePathology Network Offers Global Remote Diagnostic Services
New PathCentral Pathology Network enables remote consultation and image sharing via cloud, with hopes to address specialist shortages in developing regions.
View ArticleBig Data Use In Healthcare Needs Governance, Education
Using big data effectively requires everything from setting up a basic management framework to teaching analytics in medical school, says one consultant.
View ArticleCould Clinical Decision Support Empower Patients?
It's time the medical establishment heeded the longstanding advice of informatics pioneer Larry Weed and used "participatory" diagnostic methods.
View ArticleAllscripts Drops Suit Against NYC Public Health System
N.Y. health system disputed the claim that it will overpay for rival Epic Systems' electronic health record system.
View ArticleTopol Gives Colbert a Dose of 'Destruction'
Scripps cardiologist and noted proponent of wireless health technologies Eric Topol shows off gadgets to comedian's audience.
View ArticleNational Patient ID System: Debate Stoked
Hoping to spark a national conversation on information exchange, health IT advocate petitions to lift ban on HHS national patient identification system.
View ArticleSupercomputer Apps Tackle Cancer, Autism, Heart Attacks
Healthcare and life sciences apps sweep top three spots in YarcData contest, a unit of supercomputing pioneer Cray, showcasing the power of graph analytics.
View ArticleHospital Cuts Readmissions With Focus On Primary Care
Software links emergency department patients with follow-up care to cut nonessential return trips to the hospital.
View ArticleNCQA Tests New Healthcare Quality Measure
Unified, risk-based model of assessing healthcare performance expected to be more clinically relevant to physicians than current measures.
View ArticleNavy To Digitize Shipboard Medical Imaging
Agfa to supply digital radiography, PACS, speech recognition technology for 42 U.S. ships to connect to Walter Reed radiologists.
View ArticleWill Doctors 'C' The Way To Accountable Care?
Health IT vendor Lumeris develops "Nine C's" framework to help primary care physicians achieve healthcare reform goals.
View ArticleHealthcare Patient Engagement Remains Elusive
Processes, attitudes, poor design, even fear of too much data stand in the way of true care partnerships. Is greater patient autonomy the answer?
View ArticleRx Abuse Data Tools Sought By Healthcare
Doctors, pharmacies could more easily join fight against drug diversion if states followed uniform data rules, says standards organization NCPDP.
View ArticleUniversity of Kentucky HealthCare Revamps Order Sets
Kentucky health system beta-tests Elsevier authoring tool as it streamlines a decade of CPOE history.
View ArticleKolodner Joins Telehealth Firm ViTel Net
Former national health IT coordinator moves to the vendor side, aims to use high-speed mobile data infrastructure to give patients more care options.
View ArticleHealthcare Reform Too Focused On Doctors: Telemedicine Pioneer
Hopkins physician Jay Sanders, known as the father of telemedicine, says emphasis should be on changing patient behavior.
View ArticleMedicare Proffers $1 Billion For Healthcare Innovation Projects
Federal health agency offers funding for new models of nonhospital care that cut federal health expenditures, improve health of specific patient populations.
View ArticleVentureHealth: Investing In Better Patient Outcomes
New healthcare platform combines VC and crowd-funding to increase healthcare innovation and boost quality of care.
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