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Standards group offers 10 guidelines to make HIT adoption easier
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Federal officials should follow 10 guidelines as they write rules for healthcare IT adoption, according to members of an HIT Standards Committee workgroup.
At a Thursday meeting of the HIT Standards Committee, Judy Murphy, a representative of Aurora Health and member of the HIT Standards Committee Implementation workgroup, said the feedback received from providers, vendors and other stakeholders on how to promote healthcare IT adoption could best be summed up as follows: (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Health Information Technology Industry News John Halamka Washington Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
Physicians network uses wireless IT to improve home-based careEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Wound Technology Network, a Hollywood, Fla.-based network of physicians, is using wireless services and mobile devices to provide better care to chronic wound patients in south Florida and southern California.
The WTN is using a tele-management center to help physicians diagnose and treat wound patients. Through the use of telemedicine, information technology and an evidence-based approach to care, officials said, the group looks to reduce the cost of care to patients and provide the same quality of care in the patient’s home. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only California Florida Hollywood Kyle Hardy telemedicine WTN Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
$10B loan program targeted at small medical groupsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A bill that provides loans of up to $350,000 for physicians and $2 million for medical groups to buy electronic health record systems or other healthcare information technology is likely to benefit solo and small group practices the most, according to investment bank Piper Jaffrey. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only House of Representatives Industry News investment bank Kathleen A. Dahlkemper Pennsylvania Sean Wieland Washington Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
Vendor Notebook - Eclipsys Sunrise goes live at Singapore General HospitalEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Eclipsys Corporation of Atlanta has announced that Singapore General Hospital has successfully activated Eclipsys Sunrise Patient Flow.
Carestream Health, Inc., of Rochester, N.Y., has signed a multi-year contract with Atlanta-based MedAssets Supply Chain Systems to provide MedAssets customers with access to Carestream’s line of data archiving, RIS/PACS and cardiology PACS solutions. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only ACL Laboratories aortic aneurysms Atlanta Boston California Carestream Health Inc. charge capture solutions Chicago computing Dallas Dell Falls Church Florida Hartford human capital management solutions Illinois Source Type: news
HealthPort postpones IPO, citing market conditionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Concerned about market conditions and its own financial footing, HealthPort officials have postponed plans to go public. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Alpharetta HealthPort Industry News Vendors Source Type: news
Children's Hospital Boston launches 'Text 4 Kids' campaignEmail this article to a colleague.
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First, doctors were using mobile devices. Now, fundraisers at Children's Hospital Boston are asking donors to text their donations.
The hospital launched the campaign Friday with PSA announcements on You Tube, Facebook and Twitter.
Children's Hospital Boston' first text-message fund-raising campaign encourages New Englanders to "become a champion for Children's" by using text messaging to donate to the hospital's patient care, research and community outreach initiatives. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Boston Charlie Moore Children ' s Hospital Trust Facebook Twitter Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news
New York IPA to roll out EMR, practice management systemsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Catholic Independent Practice Association of Western New York is poised to automate its medical records and business practices.
CIPA, based in Buffalo, selected electronic medical record and practice management software from Westborough, Mass.-based eClinicalWorks for its network of ambulatory care offices and select community physicians. The organization purchased 150 licenses.
eClinicalWorks will work with the IPA to connect into HEALTHeLINK, the local regional health information organization. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 19, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
Mobile health monitoring on Gartner's top 10 trends listEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mobile health monitoring is among the top 10 consumer mobile applications for 2012 identified by Gartner as likely to have an impact on consumers and industry players.
Gartner analysts considered revenue, loyalty, business model, consumer value and estimated market penetration in developing their list. Mobile health monitoring was listed at No. 5. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 19, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Gartner Industry News Stamford Vendors Source Type: news
Louisiana hospital links 'smart pumps' to its EHREmail this article to a colleague.
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Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, a 700-bed hospital in Baton Rouge, La., has integrated its infusion pumps with a bar-code point-of-care system.
Helping set the standard for interoperability between medical devices and electronic health records, Our Lady of the Lake achieved the connection with the help of EHR provider Cerner and pump provider Hospira. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 19, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Baton Rouge Cerner Hospira Lake Regional Medical Center Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
German hospital rolls out digital pen for diabetes patientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Bethesda Hospital in Stuttgart, Germany, is using digital pen technology to help diabetes patients manage the illness.
Hospital officials say the technology will help patients address long-term complications associated with the disease at an earlier stage. The pen is used with a telemedicine system called DiabCareOnline, developed by Germany-based Ontaris. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only Anoto diabetes Germany International Kyle Hardy Stuttgart Source Type: news
KLAS evaluates Allscripts-Misys merger, one year laterEmail this article to a colleague.
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A reported dip in customer satisfaction and service after last year's merger between Chicago-based Allscripts and British-based Misys is unlikely to dampen future sales of the company's electronic medical record solutions, according to research firm KLAS.
The KLAS report reflects the opinions of 200 Allscripts customers who are using the company's EMR or practice management products and their experiences with version 11 of the Allscripts Enterprise EHR. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill Tags: Online Only Allscripts Beyerdynamic DT 287 V.11 Headset Chicago Mark Wagner Misys Orem Vendors Source Type: news
Library of Medicine publishes SNOMED draftEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Library of Medicine has published a draft map linking content from SNOMED Clinical Terms to ICD-9-CM billing codes, as a precursor to the development of similar maps.
The map aims to support administrative reporting and reimbursement functions where SNOMED CT is the terminology for clinical descriptive purposes, said Betsy Humphreys, NLM deputy director.
The draft consists of about 5,000 mappings of the SNOMED CT terms most commonly used by Kaiser Permanente and the University of Nebraska. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Industry News Mary Mosquera National Library SNOMED Source Type: news
NHS targets improved care with telemedicine projectEmail this article to a colleague.
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The UK’s National Health Service plans to leverage IOCOM technology in its East of England telemedicine project to improve care for stroke patients.
Video conferencing technology from IOCOM, based in Chicago, will be used to give stroke patients round-the-clock access to expert stroke physicians around England. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only care for stroke International Kyle Hardy National Health Service National Health Services NHS telemedicine video conferencing technology Source Type: news
New mammography guidelines unleash storm of controversyEmail this article to a colleague.
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The argument over the right age for women to begin mammograms was pushed to the center of the healthcare reform and technology debate with Monday's release of new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
New advice from the task force, a government panel of scientists and physicians, calls for skipping screenings for women between the ages of 40 and 49 and beginning routine scans at 50. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only American College breast cancer Industry News the American College Washington Source Type: news
Practice Fusion launches new PHREmail this article to a colleague.
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Practice Fusion has launched a new personal health record designed to provide patients with access to their health information.
Announced by officials of the San Francisco-based company at the Salesforce.com user and developer conference, Dreamforce 2009, being held in San Francisco, Patient Fusion was developed on the Force.com platform and is expected to connect one million patients throughout the country to physicians and their medical records. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only Kyle Hardy Practice Fusion Practice Fusion Inc. San Francisco Vendors Source Type: news
IBM mirrors human brain to create new computing systemEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new kind of computing system that can simulate and emulate the human brain is close to being a reality, according to researchers from IBM.
A cognitive computing team led by IBM Research says it has achieved two major milestones that indicate the feasibility of building a cognitive computing chip. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill Tags: Online Only Armonk computing IBM IBM Research Industry News YORKTOWN HEIGHTS Vendors Source Type: news
Physician shortage drives telemedicine marketEmail this article to a colleague.
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Swedish Medical Center, the largest medical center in the Pacific Northwest, will enable remote hospitals to access its nationally recognized stroke team for stroke support services. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Patty Enrado Tags: Online Only GCI ConnectMD Industry News Northwest Seattle stroke telemedicine Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news
Survey: Healthcare isn't ready for HITECH's security breach notification rulesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Business associates who handle private patient information for healthcare organizations are largely unprepared to meet the new data breach related obligations included in the HITECH Act, according to a new survey.
Those affected include billing operations, credit bureaus, benefits management, legal services, claims processing, insurance brokers, data processing firms, pharmacy chains, accounting firms, temporary office personnel and offshore transcription vendors. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Chicago ID Experts Industry News Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news
CCHIT calls for comments on 2011 certification criteriaEmail this article to a colleague.
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The first public comment period for the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology's 2011 development cycle is open through Dec. 11.
The CCHIT will accept comments on the first draft of criteria for behavioral health electronic health records – both stand-alone and as an optional add-on to comprehensive ambulatory EHR certification – as well as add-on certifications for clinical research and dermatology.
After additional rounds of comment and refinement, the new certification options are scheduled to be made available to vendors in July 2010. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Chicago Industry News information technology Mark Leavitt Vendors Source Type: news
Study: RTLS technology can save hospitals time and money, boost careEmail this article to a colleague.
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A study of the use of a real-time location system (RTLS) at Southeastern Regional Medical Center indicates the technology can save hospitals hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, improve clinical outcomes and boost staff morale. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Barbara Christe Indiana Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS Industry News LUMBERTON North Carolina Purdue University RadarFind Southeastern Regional Medical Center Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
New York's e-health collaborative heads toward more connectivityEmail this article to a colleague.
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State e-health collaboratives across the country are gearing to submit their operational plans for the health information exchange (HIE) portion of the federal stimulus funds under the HITECH Act. New York eHealth collaborative is no exception, but it finds itself at a critical juncture.
With a new executive director leading the not-for-profit corporation, NYeC is at an "important crossroads" for what its next steps will be, according to Carol Raphael, its board chairwoman. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Patty Enrado Tags: Online Only Carol Raphael David Whitlinger e-health Industry News Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Source Type: news
Premier Healthcare Germany partners with Offsurance on medical travel platformEmail this article to a colleague.
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The concept of medical travel, slowly gaining a foothold in North America, took a step forward on the European continent this week with the announcement of a partnership between Premier Healthcare Germany and Offsurance. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Dubai International North America Offsurance Premier Healthcare Germany Scotland UAE Source Type: news
Harris Corp. expands government healthcare portfolio with acquisitionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, is seeking a bigger piece of the federal healthcare pie with its acquisition of Patriot Technologies, a provider of healthcare information technology to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Florida Industry News information Melbourne Patriot Technologies Inc. The Harris Corporation U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Virginia Vendors Source Type: news
ECRI picks top 7 health plan IT trends to watchEmail this article to a colleague.
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Genetic testing and electronic medical records are top of the ECRI Institute's 2010 technology watch list for health plans.
ECRI officials said the list represents important technologies and technology-related issues that private and public payers should pay close attention to in 2010.
The trends as listed are: (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Industry News Plymouth Meeting Payers Vendors Source Type: news
El Camino Hospital opens new hi-tech facilityEmail this article to a colleague.
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El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., has completed its move into a new facility and is now admitting patients.
The Silicon Valley hospital closed the doors of its old facility at 6 a.m. Pacific Time Monday morning and openbed the new facility with proclamations from Mountain View mayor Margaret Abe-Koga and Liz Kniss, president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only California Camino Hospital El Camino Hospital Fujitsu Kyle Hardy Liz Kniss Margaret Abe-Koga Mountain View Santa Clara Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news
Order set project reduces length of stay at Canadian hospitalsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A study of the Grey Bruce Health Network's Order Set project, which used standardized, Web-based order sets, shows improvements in the length of stay, ordering of best practices and reduced readmissions.
The project began in March 2007 when Toronto-based GBHN partnered with the Open Source Order Set Network (OSOS) to standardize and improve care in the network's 11 hospitals. Since then, GBHN has been able to develop and implement more than 100 evidence-based best practice order sets in all areas of patient care. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only GBHN Grey Bruce Health Services Open Source Order Set Network Toronto Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news
HITRUST expands certification programEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) has expanded its certification program to target inefficiencies in healthcare compliance reporting and help organizations realize benefits sooner.
The HITRUST Common Security Framework Assurance Program provides healthcare organizations and their business associates with a common approach to managing security assessments that create efficiencies and contain costs associated with multiple and varied assurance requirements. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill Tags: Online Only Frisco Health Information Partnership HITRUST Industry News Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Source Type: news
California community health centers to go digitalEmail this article to a colleague.
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Neighborhood Healthcare, which serves communities in Riverside and San Diego counties, will automate both the clinical and business sides of its health centers for its 115 providers across 11 locations.
The 40-year-old organization has selected technology from Westborough, Mass.-based eClinicalWorks. Neighborhood Healthcare will deploy both the unified electronic medical records system and the practice management solution along with eClinicalWorks Enterprise Business Optimizer's (eBO), which provides reporting capabilities. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only California eClinicalWorks ENSCONDIDO Massachusetts Neighborhood Healthcare Riverside San Diego Westborough Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Source Type: news
Nuance ramps up its healthcare commitment in EuropeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two major events within the space of a couple of days underline U.S.-based Nuance’s strong interest in growing within the European healthcare market. In addition to introducing SpeechMagic 7, Nuance’s chief marketing officer and vice president global sales Steve Chambers outlined his vision of speech-controlled healthcare. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Armin Scheuer Tags: Online Only Europe Germany International Microsoft Microsoft Windows Munich Speech Recognition speech recognition technology Steve Chambers Vienna Source Type: news
Poll: Providers will use IT to offset Medicare cutsEmail this article to a colleague.
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As the country moves toward healthcare reform and defining "meaningful use" of information technology, a new poll shows providers plan to make better use of IT in everyday practices.
"More than 30 percent of those we surveyed indicated they would make better use of technology to help offset the impact of proposed Medicare payment cuts on their business," said Clare DeNicola, CEO of IVANS, a firm that advises providers on Medicare issues. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Clare DeNicola Industry News IVANS Inc. Medicare Stamford Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Source Type: news
CCHIT chief Mark Leavitt to retireEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mark Leavitt, MD, announced on Friday he would retire from his role as chairman of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology on March 31.
According to the board of trustees, a national search for Leavitt's successor has been launched.
"The board accepts Mark's decision with reluctance but appreciates his commitment to overseeing a seamless transition," said H. Stephen Lieber, chairman of the board of trustees and president and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill,Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only American Health Information Management Association electronic health record Glenn Laffel H. Stephen Lieber Industry News information technology Mark Leavitt Twitter Washington Source Type: news
athenahealth's rules engine scores a patentEmail this article to a colleague.
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athenahealth, which provides Internet-based business services to physician practices, has received a patent for its practice management and billing system.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the patent on Nov. 10 for the Watertown, Mass.-based comnpany's athenaNet rules engine, which is part of the company's athenaCollector revenue cycle management service. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Jonathan Bush Massachusetts Watertown Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
Data collection center to start measuring payers' efficiencyEmail this article to a colleague.
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A national data collection center has been launched to monitor business efficiency in healthcare by tracking electronic adoption and resulting cost savings.
Officials say primary data collection will begin with healthcare payers, but will later be opened up to providers and clearinghouses to provide a complete view of the industry. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill Tags: Online Only Industry News Nashville U.S. healthcare Payers Vendors Source Type: news
Vendor Notebook - eClinicalWorks delivers EMR to physicians networkEmail this article to a colleague.
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eClinicalWorks, based in Westborough, Mass., has announced that the Catholic Independent Practice Association of Buffalo, N.Y., has selected the company’s electronic medical record and practice management software for the Catholic Health System’s network of ambulatory care offices as well as select community physicians. The company will also work with the IPA to connect into HEALTHeLINK, the local regional health information organization. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Alcatel-Lucent ANN ARBOR Atlanta AUCKLAND Bayfront Medical Center British Columbia BUFFALO Calgary California Canada CLINICARE Corporation Crittenton Hospital Medical Center electronic medical records software Hartf Source Type: news
UK hospital first of kind with ePrescribing solutionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, a London-based pediatric care NHS Trust, is the first hospital of its kind to implement enterprise-wide electronic prescribing and medicines administration IT supplied by vendor JAC.
All inpatient wards at the trust outside of intensive care are currently running the live EPMA solution.
Improvements to patient safety and a reduction in incidence and severity of drug-related errors prompted the initiative to install the e-prescirbing solution (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Chip Means Tags: Online Only International Source Type: news
Blumenthal: Tear down walls that block information exchangeEmail this article to a colleague.
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David Blumenthal, MD, who leads the government's effort to transform the nation's healthcare system from paper to digital, is urging the industry to break down barriers to health data exchange.
To ensure the best patient care, he said, information exchange must reach every nook and cranny of the healthcare system.
In an e-mail sent Thursday – the third in a series – Blumenthal outlines the provisions of the HITECH Act that addresses barriers to exchange. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only David Blumenthal Industry News information technology Washington Source Type: news
National Quality Forum releases Quality Data SetEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Quality Forum has released a new quality data set, a common technological framework for defining clinical data necessary to measure performance and accelerate improvement in patients' quality of care.
According to NQF officials, the QDS framework provides a standardized set of data that should be captured in patients' electronic health records and is applicable to all care settings a patient is likely to use in his or her lifetime. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Industry News Paul Tang Stanford University The National Quality Forum Washington Source Type: news
Colorado hospital deploys IT to manage business challengesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The University of Colorado Hospital has implemented several new IT solutions to help clinical and administrative staff deal with business and workflow problems.
The Aurora-based hospital is the Rocky Mountain region's only academic medical center, said hospital officials. The decision to implement new solutions came with the need to streamline workflow processes and allow the hospital to move to a single enterprise system. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only Aurora Colorado Colorado Hospital Darryl Varnado Kyle Hardy Lawson Software University of Colorado Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news
El Camino expands robotic surgery programEmail this article to a colleague.
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El Camino Hospital has expanded its robotic surgery program to meet market demand, adding three surgical systems at the Mountain View, Calif. hospital and one at its Los Gatos site.
Hospital surgeons will perform prostate cancer, gynecologic and bariatric surgeries with the systems. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only bariatric surgeries California Camino Hospital El Camino Hospital Eric Pifer minimally invasive procedures Mountain View prostate cancer Robotic surgery Vinci Vinci Si HD Surgical Systems Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news
Study: Healthcare isn't ready for new security rulesEmail this article to a colleague.
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A recent survey of healthcare organizations found that 94 percent aren't ready to comply with the privacy and security provision of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which take effect next February.
The survey of 77 U.S. healthcare organizations was conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the United States. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Crowe Horwath LLP Industry News information technology OAK BROOK stimulus Source Type: news
Mobile center launched in UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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An m-Health Innovation Centre is being established in Manchester, England, to act as a focus point for mobile health in the United Kingdom.
The University of Manchester is partnering on the initiative with the GSM Association, an group of mobile operators and related companies, to foster innovative mobile applications and services that promote healthier lifestyles and early intervention. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill Tags: Online Only GSMA International MANCHESTER United Kingdom University of Manchester Source Type: news
$1M grant awarded to develop nanotechnology for MRIsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institute of Health has awarded a $1 million grant to Houston's Rice University and the Texas Heart Institute to continue research on how to make MRIs more sensitive with the use of nanotechnology.
NIH officials said coupling magnetic resonance imaging with newly developed nanotube technology could make MRI technology 40 times more sensitive. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only Houston Industry News Kyle Hardy MRI MRI technology National Institute of Health Rice University stem cells Texas THI Washington Source Type: news
Google launches flu shot finderEmail this article to a colleague.
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Google has launched an online map service designed to provide U.S. consumers with the nearest locations for receiving seasonal and H1N1 vaccines.
Google developed the flu shot finder through a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, their flu.gov collaborators and the American Lung Association.
The service is live at google.com/flushot, and officials say it will shortly be available on www.flu.gov and the American Lung Association Web site. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill Tags: Online Only Google H1N1 Industry News Mountain View vaccines Vendors Source Type: news
Allscripts signs hardware support deal with DecisionOneEmail this article to a colleague.
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One of the nation’s largest providers of software for physicians and hospitals has signed a deal for hardware support.
Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions is contracting with DecisionOne, a Devon, Pa.-based provider of technology support services for healthcare providers, to assume responsibility for the maintenance of the hardware infrastructure of thousands of Allscripts clients nationwide. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Allscripts Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Devon Pennsylvania software technology Vendors Source Type: news
HHS releases $9 million to help fight healthcare-acquired infectionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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To reduce healthcare-acquired infections in surgical centers, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has made up to $9 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act available to state survey agencies in 43 states. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Industry News Kathleen Sebelius Medicare surgery Washington Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Source Type: news
GAO finds fault with VA healthcare IT systemEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture-Foundations Modernization (VistA-FM) program, designed to transition the agency to electronic medical records, is behind schedule and over budget, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Based on performance data from June 2008 to May 2009, VistA-FM has experienced continual negative cost and schedule variances, the GAO said in a report released Monday. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Industry News Microsoft Vista The Veterans Health Information Systems Washington Source Type: news
Haight Ashbury Free Clinics use IT to reduce data bottlenecks, patient wait timesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Using Paessler’s PRTG Network Monitor, San Francisco's Haight Ashbury Free Clinics are reducing network delays which extend patient waiting times, cause system downtime and result in a loss of productivity.
“It is a better way to network the traffic, peaking the Internet connections,” said Adam Eckstrom-Browne, the nine-office, two-clinic network's sole administrator. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Chelsey Ledue Tags: Online Only Adam Eckstrom-Browne Dirk Paessler Paessler AG San Francisco Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
Marshfield Clinic gets a grip on dataEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Marshfield Clinic, a multi-specialty physician practice with 45 locations across Wisconsin, has deployed technology to address the research database and computation needs of the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation.
Marshfield tapped the Marlborough, Mass.-based Netezza Corp. for its Twin Fin appliance. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Jim Baum Marshfield Marshfield Clinic Netezza Corp. Wisconsin Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
Wireless monitor makes its debut in EUEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Sensium Life Pebble, a new wireless vital signs monitor, is being made available to the European Union and all other countries that have adopted the CE standard for certified medical devices.
Developed by Toumaz Technology, a UK-based provider of wireless body monitoring solutions, the Life Pebble is designed to continuously monitor common vital signs – including ECG, heart rate, skin temperature and physical activity. The data is streamed over a short-range wireless link to a Sensium USB Network Adapter. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill Tags: Online Only Abingdon European Union International Toumaz Technology United Kingdom Source Type: news
