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NewsHospitals struggling with CPOE
As they prepare to meet federal requirements for "meaningful use" of EMRs, hospitals seem to be struggling most with getting CPOE right and with helping physicians embrace EMR technology, according... Read more...
Clinical decision support needs more than just alerts to improve quality
In its final rule for "meaningful use" of EMRs, CMS defined clinical decision support as technology that gives healthcare professionals "general and person-specific information, intelligently... Read more...
ARRA promotes 'domain-specific' computing at UCLA, while Best Buy joins with cardiac device maker on HIT effort
Though "meaningful use" may be the centerpiece, there's a lot more health IT in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act than just the Medicare and Medicaid incentives to adopt EMRs. For example,... Read more...
IBM to commit $100M, hire clinicians in health IT innovation plan
IBM is committing $100 million and many of its own scientists and technologists over the next three years to develop innovations that help healthcare professionals and insurance companies deliver... Read more...
Survey: CMIOs expect to struggle with CPOE, confusing rules in ARRA
Many chief medical informatics officers believe that more federal funding will be needed to assure that the HITECH portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act achieves its goals of... Read more...
Imaging coalition says White House supports radiology benefit managers
Believing that the Obama administration is favoring third-party radiology benefit managers over clinical decision support to control imaging utilization, a group of health IT supporters are... Read more...
Report: Widespread HIT could save $261B over 10 years
The stimulus-fueled expansion of health IT could save as much as $261 billion over the next 10 years and help form the basis of an interoperable, patient-centered health system that could yield more... Read more...
Vendor exec: Electronic history-taking has clinical as well as administrative benefits
Let's face it, nobody likes the clipboard you're supposed to fill out every time you visit the doctor. Electronic alternatives for taking patient histories--such as in-office kiosks and online... Read more...
Nuance hires former Siemens exec Dillione; Kvedar starts blogging;
> Former Siemens Health Services CEO Janet Dillione will head Nuance Communication's healthcare business. Press release > Dr. Joseph Kvedar, director of the Center for Connected Health at... Read more...
HHS awards $144M for advanced HIT research, workforce training
Four major academic institutions will receive $15 million each in federal funding to promote research and innovation in health IT, under the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP)... Read more...
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