Healthcare IT
A popularly expressed opinion is that healthcare is a process in which physicians care for patients. Now while this is undeniably true, healthcare stakeholders are now understanding that at certain times a physician can be more effective and helpful by explaining to patients how to get and remain healthy on their own.
Chief Outcomes Officer for GetWellNetwork, David Wright views it as patients who are edified about their current condition and what measures to take to
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Healthcare IT News
The 3 Benefits of Patient/Doctor Engagement…
A popularly expressed opinion is that healthcare is a process in which physicians care for patients. Now while this is undeniably true, healthcare stakeholders are now understanding that at certain times a physician can be more effective and helpful by explaining to patients how to get and remain healthy on their own.
Chief Outcomes Officer for GetWellNetwork, David Wright views it as patients who are edified about their current condition and what measures to take to
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New Tool Used to Measure ROI for Remote Monitoring …
A new web-based tool recently revealed allows providers to gauge their return on investment (ROI) on remote patient monitoring technologies.
The tool, developed by The Center for Connected Health (CCH) and the Center for Technology and Aging (CTA)
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Are docs really struggling to meet Meaningful Use?…
Physicians have had difficulty meeting Meaningful Use criteria for electronic health records, according to research published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
The research, based on a survey of 1,820 primary care physicians and
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SIIM: CPOE for Radiologists Smoothens Access of …
At a conference held at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) it was pointed out that computerized physician order-entry (CPOE) technology is not only limited to physicians. CPOE software can be utilized by radiologists to
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EHI Intelligence details ‘Routes to EPR’…
EHI Intelligence has published detailed research on the strategies that NHS trusts are following to develop electronic patient records.
The new report, ‘Routes to EPR’, details how hospital trusts across England are pursuing a range of
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Medication IT Doesn't Take Time Away from Patient Care…
Using an electronic medication management system did not significantly affect the amount of time doctors and nurses in an Australian study spent on direct patient care or medication-related tasks.
The Australian research, published in the Journal
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Hospital IT leaders: Workflow Issues Difficult to …
In a recent roundtable discussion focusing on challenges associated with implementing electronic health record systems, several hospital executives pointed to workflow issues as being the most difficult to overcome, Becker's Hospital Review
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Health IT Market on Track for Heavy Consolidation…
The healthcare IT merger and acquisition space will go through heavy consolidation over the next five years, according to Tom O'Connor, managing director at New York-based Berkery Noyes.
In a recent interview with Healthcare Informatics, O'Connor,
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At Initial Screening Exam, Twice as Many Lung Cancers …
National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) investigators also conclude that the 20 percent reduction in lung cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) versus chest X-ray (CXR) screening previously reported in the NLST primary paper is
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Next-Gen Storage Aims to Keep Up With Health Data …
Healthcare providers are swamped in data, leaving them searching for effective storage solutions even as the amount of data continues to explode, according to a story at CIO.
For example, 3-D imaging can boost the amount of information by a factor
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EHR Mastery Proves Elusive for Many…
They never said navigating the electronic medical record landscape would be easy — at least not at first.
And as new regulations from both federal and state spheres begin to tighten their hold around the industry, the valleys of EHR adoption and
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U.S. Interventional X-Ray Equipment Market Rebounding…
After three years of contraction, the U.S. interventional X-ray equipment market has, as of the end of 2012, begun to veer back into positive growth, according to a report from the market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
The change in market
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Maturity Model Offers Guidance for ACOs…
Electronic health record technology alone will not be sufficient to implement accountable care, according to a new report from IDC Health Insights.
It has released a five-stage Accountable Care Maturity Model designed to help healthcare
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HITRUST Incident Response and Coordination Center…
The healthcare industry has been increasingly under attack, specifically the cyber kind, during the past two years. Cybercriminals have started shifting their target of attack towards healthcare organizations because of many reasons. Healthcare
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Attacks on Healthcare IT and Counter Measures…
The healthcare industry, like most industries in today’s business world, depends mainly on IT systems to carry out operations, record different data and process financial transactions. And as the reliance on those IT systems increases, the risk of
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4 Steps Radiologists Should Take to Meet Meaningful Use…
While Meaningful Use regulations provide potential bonus payments of $1.5 billion over the next four years, many radiologists have been slow to comply.
According to a survey published by Diagnostic Imaging earlier this year, only about four out of
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Massachusetts General Hospital Implements Referral …
NEW YORK, May 7, 2013 – eHealth Technologies announced today that Massachusetts General Hospital has selected the new eHealth Connect® Referral Portal to provide referring physicians easier access to their facility and a clear, single process to
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New Mayo Tool IDs Heart Patients at Risk for Premature …
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic have developed a computer-aided electronic warning system to help identify patients at risk for premature death, such as from an abnormality in the heart's electrical system, the institution recently
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One Doc's Take on Why PHRs Speed Secure Data Exchange…
Personal health records represent a faster, more patient-friendly method for health information exchange than actual HIE solutions, according to David Mendelson, a professor of radiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
Mendelson,
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FDA Plans Updates to Device-Tracking System…
The Food and Drug Administration has announced updates to its post-market surveillance of medical devices in order to add more input from physicians and patients.
The added updates are designed to create a system capable of "providing
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Health IT salaries lag behind overall IT industry…
While demand for IT talent in healthcare remains high, salaries appear flat according to InformationWeek's 2013 U.S. IT Salary Survey.
The demand, however, indicates continuing upward pressure on salaries, the report says.
It finds no rise from a
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