2010 Current Issue Feature
Jun 30th, 2011 |
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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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Jan 27th, 2011 |
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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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Tags: $3 million algorithm, Heritage Health Prize, heritage Provider network, patient care, predictive modeling
Jan 13th, 2011 |
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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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Posted in 2010 Current Issue Feature, Best Practices, Best Practices, CIO Management, EMR, Health IT, Meaningful Use |
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Tags: data center, data storage, data warehouse, guy mcallister, tift regional medical center
Jan 13th, 2011 |
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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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Tags: mobile technology, mobile technology use by family caregivers, use of mobile technology in healthcare
Jan 13th, 2011 |
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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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Posted in 2010 Current Issue Feature, Health IT, Mobile Technologies |
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Tags: InterSystems, MySpectrum, smart phone app for healthcare, smartphone app, spectrum health, web-based patient portal
Jan 13th, 2011 |
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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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Dec 23rd, 2010 |
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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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Tags: Best in KLAS Awards, Cerner, Epic, Jason Hess, klas, Seimens
Dec 23rd, 2010 |
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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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Tags: carolyn byerly, iPad patient satisfaction, stanford hospital and clinics
Dec 23rd, 2010 |
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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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Posted in 2010 Current Issue Feature, Health IT, Health Information Exchange, Meaningful Use |
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Tags: accountable care organizations, aco, and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, cleveland clinic, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Denver Health, Geisinger Health System, healthcare cost containment, Intermountain Healthcare, Mayo Clinic
Dec 9th, 2010 |
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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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Posted in 2010 Current Issue Feature, Best Practices, CIO Management, HITECH, Health IT, Health Information Exchange, Physician Practices, Systems |
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Tags: cloud computing, image sharing, orlando health, seemyradiology.com