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NewsIT 'super users' ease hospital culture change
The employment or internal training of IT "super users"--individuals who are ahead of the curve when it comes to technology use--is becoming a common practice at hospitals looking to change their IT Read more...
Study: E-prescribing significantly cuts hospital error rates
Medication error rates fell substantially in two Australian hospitals after they introduced commercial electronic prescribing systems, according to a study published in PLoS Medicine. Although the Read more...
Study: CPOE can be used broadly for medical imaging
Despite the complexity associated with computerized physician order entry, such systems can be used on a broad scale by medical facilities to schedule medical imaging exams, a new study focused on Read more...
Despite $3.2B HIT spend in Europe, clinical IT investment lacking
Health professionals in Europe are embracing integrated technology, but only to an extent, according to a recent report by the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Read more...
CPOE, data warehouses will be vital to CMS bundling program
While few hospitals have tried bundled payments so far, hundreds are expected to participate in the new bundling program that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched in Read more...
CPOE adoption up, but most hospitals still lack capability
Despite a rise in the number of hospitals implementing computerized physician order entry (CPOE) since the government launched its incentive program for electronic health record adoption two years Read more...
Adoption of CPOE, IT medication safety efforts higher at 'Most Wired' hospitals
The nation's Most Wired hospitals, as recently recognized by Hospitals & Health Networks, are making significant progress in certain areas of health IT, according to the publication's 13th Annual Read more...
Infant death prompts calls for action on health IT errors
The tragic death of a baby in a Chicago hospital has again drawn attention to the potential of automated systems to generate the kinds of errors they're designed to prevent. These mistakes are Read more...
Zynx, Thomson Reuters partner for reference content
Zynx Health, the largest source of prebuilt order sets for computerized physician order entry systems, has agreed to incorporate the reference content of Thomson Reuter's Micromedix subsidiary in its 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...
| Press ReleasesPatientKeeper Raises $6 Million in Growth Capital to Support Ongoing Expansion of Its Physician Healthcare Information SysFinancing will allow the company to support growing market demand as healthcare providers select PatientKeeper to meet Meaningful Use and ICD-10 requirements WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> iMDsoft’s Critical Care Solution Chosen for Centegra Health System, IllinoisThe MetaVision clinical information system for ICUs will complement GE’s hospital-wide solution NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- iMDsoft®, a leader in clinical information systems, announced today Read more >> CareTech Solutions Offers Zero Worries for Hospital CIOsMedical Help Desk Marketing Campaign Features Worry-Free SolutionTROY, Mich., July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CareTech Solutions, an information technology (IT) and Web products and services provider Read more >> Primordial Providing Services to Three Healthcare Organizations for Radiation Dosage Monitoring and ReportingSAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Primordial, a leading vendor of communications, workflow, quality management and analytics applications for the medical imaging market, announced today that in Q1 Read more >> PatientKeeper to Host HIMSS-Sponsored Webinar, “The Accelerating Countdown to Meaningful Use”May 25 online educational session on strategies for driving physician adoption of technology will feature physician, hospital, and IT perspectives WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PatientKeeper®, Read more >> |
