2010 Current Issue Feature

EHRs Used With Clinical Decision Support Improves Chronic Disease Management

Jun 30th, 2011 | By admin

Findings from three Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sponsored projects indicate that EHRs, when used with clinical decision support tools, can have a
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HPN Announces $3 Million Prize for Predictive Modeling Algorithm

Jan 27th, 2011 | By admin

Heritage Provider Network, an organization that manages the insurance contracts for more than a dozen physician groups across Southern and Central California, wants to find
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Meaningful Use Impacts Hospital’s Data Center Design

Jan 13th, 2011 | By admin
Meaningful Use Impacts Hospital’s Data Center Design

After several years of planning and building, Tift Regional Medical Center (TRMC) will open a new 15,000 square foot data center in April. Since the
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Family Caregivers Want Web-Based and Mobile Technologies, Study Shows

Jan 13th, 2011 | By admin

A new survey reveals that technology has the potential to alleviate the growing financial and emotional burdens on family members caring for sick or disabled
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Hospital Uses Smart Phone App to Engage Consumers

Jan 13th, 2011 | By admin

Spectrum Health recently launched a patient engagement application to capitalize on the growing use of smartphones among consumers, giving them the ability  to access personal
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Our Take: Tear Down Those Walls

Jan 13th, 2011 | By admin

Back in the 1980s, when the former USSR’s grip on its dominions was slowly being pried loose, President Ronald Reagan issued a plea to Soviet
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Satisfaction with HIT Vendors Slips, According to KLAS

Dec 23rd, 2010 | By admin

Provider satisfaction with healthcare IT vendors has generally slipped over the last year, according to results from the 2010 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards.
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Hospital Offers iPads to Improve Patient Experience

Dec 23rd, 2010 | By admin

As part of a pilot program, Stanford Hospital is offering iPads to its patients in the catheterization and angiography laboratory and early feedback from users
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Health Care Organizations Announce Collaboration to Improve Care, Lower Costs

Dec 23rd, 2010 | By admin

Six leading health care systems announced earlier this month that they will be banding together to share data on outcomes, quality and costs across a
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Hospital Leverages Personal Relationships to Build Critical Mass for Technology Use

Dec 9th, 2010 | By admin

Timothy Bullard, MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center’s (ORMC) chief medical officer, and Carlos Carrasco, the hospital’s vice president of business development, say that their biggest
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