clinical information systems news from FierceHealthIT
NewsAllscripts says it has integrated outpatient EHR with Eclipsys inpatient system
Allscripts is moving rapidly to create a unified platform for data exchange among its inpatient, outpatient and post-acute care applications. How integrated all of its clinical information systems Read more...
CIOs wary of health IT staffing shortages
The specter of staffing shortages as the nation's hospitals gear up for EMR implementations and "meaningful use" of health IT has shown its face again, this time in the form of a survey of healthcare Read more...
GE forms $250M health technology investment fund, will debut CDS system at HIMSS
GE Healthcare is establishing a $250 million equity investment fund to support innovative health technology companies, particularly in IT, diagnostic medicine and life sciences. Called the Read more...
RI will begin reporting on statewide healthcare IT use
Rhode Island has released a pair of reports detailing how the state's doctors use health information technology. In doing so, it has become the first state in the U.S. to measure healthcare IT use Read more...
Connecting hospitals and physicians
Connecting hospitals with physicians is a big, costly problem no matter how you slice it. Some vendors may offer secure connections with physicians, but their products aren't cheap and implementation Read more...
HIT shortage can only get worse
IT is a complex profession in and of itself, and health IT management even more so. While I'm not an IT recruiter, I'd wager that you wouldn't want anyone with less than a decade of hard-core Read more...
AHRQ awards millions for clinical-decision support systems
If you attend a health IT conference, you'll hear much earnest discussion over the role of clinical support in daily medical practices--with some doctors actually downplaying its importance and Read more...
Case study: Duke simplifies complex dosing
Hoping to increase dosing accuracy for high-risk patients, Duke University Hospital is rolling out a new, advanced dose monitoring function for its CPOE and clinical decision support system. Duke, Read more...
HiMSS08: IT execs ready to lock down security
A big hello to all of you from HiMSS08, here in the lovely, though slightly muggy, city of Orlando. As it turns out, the conference has drawn even more attendees than originally expected, a whopping Read more...
Microsoft renaming, upgrading healthcare offerings
Hoping to develop a stronger presence in the healthcare arena, Microsoft has renamed its enterprise healthcare technology products--and has set plans to integrate and upgrade them over the next year Read more...
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