Vol. 18, #18, July 7, 2008   |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Health System Develops Employee Scheduling Best Practices, Reports Improvements with Automated System
- New Texas Health Resources CIO Edward Marx Focuses on IT Strategic Plan, Alignment, Quick Technology Wins
- Davies-Winning Hospital Uses Scripting Tool to Create Paper Backup for Clinical System Downtime
- Hospital's Replacement of Microsoft Exchange with Linux-Based Alternative Saves Money, Is Invisible to Users
- Our Take: IT People Need Downtime, Too, So Let Them Enjoy Summer
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| Vol. 18, #17, June 23, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Health System Redesigns Its User Account Process after EMR Go-Live is Delayed
- Nurse-Developed Palliative Care Application Improves Patient Care
- West Georgia Health System Pilots MEDITECH's New C/S Platform
- Fearing CIO Shortage, Hersher Urges Coaching the Next Generation of IT Leaders
- Our Take: Healthcare Providers and IT Vendors Should Prepare for a Value-Conscious Market
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Vol. 18, #16, June 9, 2008  |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Physician, Vendor Agree: EMRs Should Be More Intuitive, Require Less Time, and Hide Irrelevant Information
- HIMSS Offers Providers Bulk Membership Packages, Says Its Character Won't Change
- UPMC Connects to Emergency Medical and Physician EMRs Using Integration Technology
- Hospital Reports Major Transcription Improvement with New System
- Our Take: Big Provider Groups Lead EMR Adoption for the Right Reasons
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| Vol. 18, #15, May 26, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Leapfrog Changes its CPOE Emphasis from Implementation to Effective Use
- Hospital Replaces MedSeries 4 with MEDITECH, Goes Live on a New WIreless Network in One Year
- Neurologists Use Telemedicine for Fast, Remote Stroke Diagnosis
- ECIOs Automated Forms Project Saves Money, Improves Quality
- Our Take: HIT's First Phase was Like a Standalone PC; Its Second Phase Now Starting Will Be Like the Internet
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| Vol. 18, #14, May 12, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- HIPAA-Safe Data Destruction: Freeware, Services, and Appliances Provide Options for Removing Data from Discarded Drives
- Kaiser's Personal Health Records System; Two Million Users and Growing
- Cancer Centers Go Big Bang with Clinical and Financial Systems
- Evidence-Based, Multi-Disciplinary Order Sets Pave the Road to CPOE
- Our Take: Going Live on Software is Just One Step in The Journey
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| Vol. 18, #13, April 28, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Medicare’s “Present on Admission” Data Requirement Starts October 1
- Contract Details: State of West Virginia’s Medsphere OpenVista Implementation
- Patient Safety Project Wrapping Up at Children’s Hospital; eMAR and ICU are Toughest Challenges
- Our Take: Systems That Require High-Level Information Authors are Likely to Fail
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| Vol. 18, #12, April 14, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Tax Windfall Will Drive Sophisticated Mental Health Systems, Including EHRs, CPOE, and Interoperability
- Tiny Hospital Reaches Stage 6 EMR Adoption, Moves On to Interfacing Clinical Equipment
- Landmark Medical Center Implements Commercialized Version of BIDMC's ED Dashboard
- MemorialCare Offers Epic's Ambulatory EMR to 3,200 Community Physicians
- Our Take: If You Don't Eat Your Own Dog Food, Why Expect Patients To?
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| Vol. 18, #11, March 31, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Texas Hospital Reaches Highest EMR Level Using an Open Source System
- CCHIT Not Good Enough for Privacy, Says Founder of New EHR Privacy Certification
- Adventist Creates Quality Dashboard Using Cerner EMR Systems
- Cleveland Clinic Avoids $20 Million in Denials in One Year Using IT-Recommended $1800 Software Package
- Our Take: CIO Innovation Must be Appropriate for Culture
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| Vol. 18, #10, March 17, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Cerner Opts Out of HIMSS09 Exhibit Hall, Says Conference Not Conducive to Signing New Business
- Making the Venture Capital Pitch: One Small Company’s Experience at the HIMSS Health IT Venture Fair
- Parkland’s ED Kiosks Eliminate “Barbaric” Triage Wait Times
- iPhone Enterprise Announcements Pave Way for Healthcare Applications
- Our Take: Stage 6 EMR Hospitals Prove That Excellence Doesn’t Require Huge Budgets or Big Name Applications
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| Vol. 18, #9, March 3, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Merger and Acquisition Market Still Sizzling Despite Credit Crunch, Expert Says
- User Preference, Security Push Some Hospitals to Windows Vista, but Others Say They'll Wait
- MEDITECH Keeps Growing in 2007, Turns 40 Next Year
- Free Site Adds Referrals, Secure Information Exchange to Physician Social Networking
- Our Take: Standardized Order Sets Ensure Clinical Systems Success
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| Vol. 18, #8, February 18, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- UPMC's "Smart Rooms" Automatically Display Patient Information as Caregivers Enter
- UTMB's Telemedicine Center Conducts 70,000 Remote Patient Visits Per Year
- Hospital Improves ED Discharge Rate by Replacing Doctors with Scribes for EMR "Secretarial Work"
- Hospital's IT Grant Pays for Early Involvement in Cardiology Data Program
- Our Take: The HIMSS Annual Conference Will Give Clues About How the Industry is Weathering Tough Economic Times
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| Vol. 18, #7, February 4, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Recent Vendor Layoffs Don't Necessarily Suggest a Market Slowdown, Experts Say
- Study Finds Use of Bedside Medication Barcoding Minimal and Growing Slowly
- CIOs Say Functionality Outweighs Price, Peer Advice Trumps Advertising
- Grundy County Memorial Hospital's ED System Purchase: A Small Hospital Pays a Small Price
- Our Take: Hospitals and Systems Vendors Need to Stop Waffling on Barcode Verification of Medications
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| Vol. 18, #6, January 21, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Steady Growth of HIMSS Continued Last Year, Federal Financial Records Show
- Children's Hospital Designs New 72-Bed Facility with Information Technology in Mind
- CIO Says Clinical Background of IT Staff Helps Move Big Systems Projects Forward
- Physician's Video E-mails Provide Cheap, Easy, and Personal Patient Communication
- Note from the Publisher
- Our Take: It's a Great Time to Own or Start a Healthcare IT Company
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| Vol. 18, #5, January 7, 2008 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- How's Your Publicly Traded Vendor's Stock Doing? 2007 Performance Details
- Sutter's Core Measure Reporting and Alerting System Detects Life-Threatening Conditions, Wins Award
- Mobile Clinician Access Raises Interest in Smartphones
- CIO's Internal Blog Helps IT Employees to Feel Connected
- Our Take: Providers Should Scan Their Own Paper Records Instead of Making All-Digital Providers Do It
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| Vol. 18, #4, December 24, 2007 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Privacy Advocate Calls Out GE and Cerner for Selling De-Identified Patient Data
- Health Record Banking: Developing the Standards
- A Tiny Hospital's Paperless Journey Begins: Details of Elmore's Optio Contract
- Big Eclipsys Investor Says November Share Sale was Routine
- Radiology Practices Report Labor Savings with Billing System
- Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Health IT
- Our Take: Candidates See HIT Possibilities But Aren't Offering Real Plans
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| Vol. 18, #3, December 10, 2007 |
- Editor's Note: Executive Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Health Record Banks: The Answer to Lagging EMR Adoption and Interoperability?
- State Medical Association: Pushing Vendors to Write Consumer-Friendly Contracts Will Spur Physician EMR Adoption
- IHE Demonstrations Hot at RSNA
- Siemens Medical Solutions CEO: "We Need to Show it Works"
- Nurses Want IT Involvement and Training, but Staff Shortages Keep Them at Bedside
- Our Take: Industry growth requires formally trained informatics professionals.
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| Vol. 18, #2, November 26, 2007 |
- Editor's Note: In a new feature, Editor Tim Dotson gives readers a snapshot of this issue's coverage plus ten health IT happenings to ponder
- Healthcare Expertise, Offshoring Entice CSC to Buy First Consulting Group
- Hospitals Take Tentative Start EMR Steps, Struggle with Charging Overhead to Doctors
- Expert: System Sales Will Be Flat in 2008, Except for Physician EMRs
- Report Says Epic, Cerner Lead the Clinical Systems Pack
- Our Take: Executives Shouldn't Override Users When Choosing and Implementing Systems
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| Vol. 18, #1, November 12, 2007 |
- Misys Hopes Open Sourcing Its Connectivity Product Will Boost EMR Sales
- Heart Center Generally Happy with New RFID Inventory System Despite Technical Snags
- Lessons Learned from Good Samaritan's Medication Systems Project
- Eclipsys Starts Packing for Headquarters Move to Atlanta
- Children's Hospital: Epic's EMR is Not a Project, But a Business
- Our Take: Keep Good Documentation to Avoid Accusations of System Selection Bias
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| Vol. 17, #25, October 29, 2007 |
- New CEOs Share Plans for Medsphere, Sunquest
- Clarian Health Works Through "Bump" With Cerner
- Lawsuits Decline, but Records Retention Policies Remain Essential for Defense
- Open Source BI Tool Lets MSO Users Perform Their Own Data Analysis
- Health IT Group Can't Agree on Privacy Answers, Settles for Asking More Questions
- Our Take: Health 2.0 is Really Advertising 2.0
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| Vol. 17, #24, October 15, 2007 |
- EHR Safe Harbor Waters Clouded by CCHIT Uncertainty
- Business Intelligence Function Can Boost IT, CIO Stature
- Lessons Learned from Allina's Award-Winning EMR Implementation
- Google, Microsfot and Startups Fight for Health Search Engine Market
- Tablets Reduce Clinician Lines for PCs at Children's Hospital
- Our Take: Everybody Likes PHRs Except Patients and Physicians
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| Vol. 17, #23, October 1, 2007 |
- Pediatric Practice CIO: Google Apps Is a Cheap and Easy Alternative to Microsoft Office
- Study: Nurses Don't Use Systems Because of Poor Design, Workflow Interruptions
- Brailer's $700 Million Fund Looking for Healthcare Technology Investments
- Cleveland Clinic Uses Technology for Remote Second Opinions
- Dell Boosts Healthcare Presence, Works with Software Vendors and Hospitals
- Our Take: athenahealth's IPO Reminds Us That Customers Want Results, Not Software
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| Vol. 17, #22, September 17, 2007 |
- West Penn's CPOE Goal Met: Eliminate Paper Orders
- RHIOs Should Operate Like Charities, Not Businesses, Study Suggests
- FDA Tries Physician Social Networking Site for Information Exchange
- Global Shortage of Informatics Professionals Threatens E-Health Progress
- Our Take: Help Young Vendor Employees Feel Connected to the Industry
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| Vol. 17, #21, September 3, 2007 |
- Technician's Mistake Exposes Patient Data to the Internet, Forcing Web Vendor Out of Business
- Details of South Georgia Medical Center's McKesson Horizon Contract
- Private Equity Firm Likes Clinical Decision Support, Revenue Cycle, and Patient Safety
- Tablet-Based EMR Helps Houston's Homeless
- Our Take: Healthcare Technology is Old Because That's What We Can Afford
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| Vol. 17, #20, August 20, 2007 |
- Misys CPR Purchase Completes QuadraMed's "Fourth Pillar," CEO Says
- CIO Field Report: Dan Drawbaugh, UPMC
- Realistic EHR Expectations Urged at AMDIS Meeting
- Vendor CEO: It's a Myth that Physicians Must Buy Only CCHIT-Certified EMRs
- New Eye Disease Screening System Targets Primary Care Physicians
- Our Take: Clinical Systems Disillusionment Means It's Time to Get to Work
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| Vol. 17, #19, July 23, 2007 |
- EMR Vendors Prepare for CCHIT's "Inpatient 2007" Seal of Approval Kickoff on August 1
- "Best Places to Work in IT" Healthcare CIOs Share Employee Satisfaction Ideas
- Privacy Advocate Deborah Peel: "There is No Right to Privacy in HIPAA"
- Microsoft Claims Azyxxi Will Bring "Sunshine" to Health Information
- Our Take: The Best CIOs are the Best People Managers
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| Vol. 17, #18, July 9, 2007 |
- McKesson, JPMorgan Chase to Develop Provider/Payor Pipeline
- Attorneys: Trade Paper Records for EMRs to Reduce Malpractice Risk
- Legal Tips for Reducing Malpractice Risk with EMRs
- RHIO Stumbles Hurt Healthvision, But Goal of Connected Communities Remains
- Expert: Too Little EMR Use by Physicians, Too Many Vendors
- Our Take: Maybe Lack of IT Adoption is a Good Thing
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| Vol. 17, #17, June 25, 2007 |
- HIMSS Courts Informatics MDs with New Physician Community
- CIO Field Report: John Glaser, Partners Healthcare
- InterSystems Buys Applications Vendor, Downplays Possible Partner Concerns
- New Group Vows to Get Federal Healthcare IT Legislation Passed in 2007
- Creator of a $45 Personal Health Record Says it Will Prevent Deaths, Despite Limitations
- Our Take: AHIC Aside, the Federal Government Should Develop HIT Standards
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| Vol. 17, #16, June 11, 2007 |
- Medco’s Prescription Customers to Get Consumer Portal, PHR
- Adventist Health’s 20-Hospital Cerner Implementation Wraps Up
- Our Take: There’s Never a Good Time for Change
- Cost, Convenience of Virtual HIMSS Earn Thumbs-Up from Participants
- Diminishing Healthcare Returns Could Provide IT’s Disruptive Event
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| Vol. 17, #15, May 28, 2007 |
- CCHIT Expands Certified Product List, but Most Practices and Physicians Haven't Noticed
- CIO Field Report: John Halamka, CareGroup
- Our Take: The Importance of Small IT Projects
- Surgeon Runs Practice Alone: EMR is a Laptop with Cheap PC Software
- Going Beyond Patient TVs: Interactive Systems Address Satisfaction, Clinical Outcomes
- Cerner's Employee Health Card Taps into EMRs, Pays Providers
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| Vol. 17, #14, May 14, 2007 |
- Details of Tri-City Medical Cetner's Cerner Contracts, 2002-2007
- First Open Source Ambulatory EHR Earns CCHIT Certification
- Tennessee Gov. Bredesen: "Enough with Pilot Programs"
- Our Take: Does Wal-Mart Care About Clinical IT?
- Hospital's Messenger Robots Deliver Supplies, Track Equipment
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| Vol. 17, #13, April 30, 2007 |
- Org Chart Aside, Clinical Engineering and IT Come Together
- Software Contracting: Negotiate Risk, Not Just Price
- Wal-Mart Funded Center Will Attack Healthcare Logistics with IT
- Reference Vendor Branches into Software, Gets Acquired
- Our Take: Kolodner's a Good ONCHIT Fit
- Introducing "Your Take" -- Our New Reader Forum
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| Vol. 17, #12, April 16, 2007 |
- UTMB CIO: Consultant's Harsh Report Sent a Message to Executives
- Hospital Lab Sends Electronic Surveillance Data to State, CDC
- Investors Upbeat, Seeking Proven Healthcare IT Business Models
- Surgeon, Patients Separated by Hundreds of Miles Using Technology
- Hospital Uses Scripting Tools to Integrate Applications
- Companies, Hospital CEOs Connect with Audiences by Blogging
- Our Take: User Training Hides Poor Software Design
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| Vol. 17, #11, April 2, 2007 |
- Free EMR is Ad-Powered, but Press Oversates Google's Involvement
- Details of Community Health Center's MEDITECH Contract
- DST Change Mostly Smooth, Hospitals Report
- Miss. Clinic Struggles Post-Katrina, but EMR Move Continues
- HIMSS Goes Virtual
- Our Take: Linking Applications to Web Content
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| Vol. 17, #10, March 19, 2007 |
- Equity Research Firm's Report on Epic Causes Stir
- Sharp's Paperless Admitting Boosts Patient Satisfaction
- Interoperability a Hot Ticket at HIMSS
- CMIO's Talk Shop in New Orleans
- Our Take on CMIOs
- Can DoD and VA Create a Shared EHR System
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| Vol. 17, #9, March 5, 2007 |
- Air Force Hospital's Home-Grown ED System Wins Military Award
- Academic Physicians: Our Software Can Save $282 Million Per Drug
- Community Hospital Realizes Epic Savings
- Non-Healthcare Project Managers Drive Project Success
- Intel Announces Healthcare-Only Tablet PC
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| Vol. 17, #8, February 19, 2007 |
- McKesson Sues Epic over MyChart Patient Portal
- Siemens Disappoints Long-Time Customer with eHIM Product
- MEDITECH Documents Show Company's Growth Continued Quietly in 2006
- Experts: RHIOs May Pay for Themselves, but a National Network Probably Won't
- Our Take on NHIN
- Hospital's "Big Chance" on Little-Known Medication Barcoding Vendor Pays Off
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| Vol. 17, #7, February 5, 2007 |
- March 11 Time Change Requires Software Patches
- Contracting Tips: Reducing Risk When Buying from Small Software Vendors
- Research Group Uses Consumer Technology for Remote Monitoring
- Our Take on Partner Center for Connected Health
- Beta Tester Report: NEPSI's Free E-Prescribing is Easy to Use
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| Vol. 17, #6, January 22, 2007 |
- Health System's EMR-Powered Data Warehouse Will Improve Care, Then Be Sold Commercially
- Our Take on Geisinger
- Kodak Exits Healthcare after 111 Years
- Surgical Pathology Text Parsing Finds Failed Handoffs
- Hospital's Switch to Thin Client and Blade Servers Saves Money, Improves Security
- Technology, Process Change Leads to Game-Changing Quality Results at Dominican
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| Vol. 17, #5, January 8, 2007 |
- Details of Liberty Hospital's $9 Million Eclipsys Sunrise Contract
- Dorenfest Says China's HIT Opportunities are like the 1970s US
- Our Take on China & Healthcare IT
- IT - the "Trojan Horse" for IHI's New "5 Million Lives Campaign"?
- Original Med Manager Developer Still Selling Pharmacy Systems
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