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NewsBipartisan center calls for increased HIE efforts, alignment of healthcare incentives
Aligning financial incentives with high-quality care and accelerating health information exchange efforts (HIE) were among several key recommendations made in a new report released this morning by Read more...
HiMSS08: Datebook
Sunday, Feb. 248:00 AM - Get tips from a top-rated HiMSS instructor on securing information systems from this all-day Information Security Workshop run by Tom Walsh, CHS, CISSP. Monday, Feb. 2510:00 Read more...
Microsoft kicks off PHR initiative
Microsoft launched a free PHR last week, working in cooperation with a wide variety of partners whose role it will be to help populate the record with useful medical data. The move puts Microsoft Read more...
PHRs create physician fearsThese days, the health insurance industry, large employers and even legislators have gotten excited about PHRs. Ask a physician about them, however, and you might see a little less … Read more...Docs praise EHR valueThe next time your CEO pours cold water on your EHR project, shoot him a copy of this article. When the Vioxx recall hit in late September 2004, it was almost a yawner for Dr. Peter Basch. "It took us two or three minutes to figure out which of our patients were on it," says Basch, who is part of an eight-doctor practice in Washington, D.C. That two to three minutes was all it took to structure and execute a search in the practice's electronic records database. Basch says that the Vioxx … Read more...Microsoft steps up focus on healthcare ITThe big fish just got more interested in a big market. Microsoft said last week it had agreed to acquire healthcare software that brings together all types of data from hundreds of sources to make it available to doctors electronically. Microsoft will take Azyxxi, a system devised at Washington Hospital Center, and continue its development so it can be offered to hospitals worldwide. Under the terms of the deal, Microsoft has formed an alliance with Columbia, MD-based MedStar … Read more... | Press ReleasesPractice Greenhealth Announces Launch of Research Study to Document Impact of Healthcare Sustainability Best Practices, SpRESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Practice Greenhealth today announced the launch of a groundbreaking study to investigate and document the impact of sustainability “best practices” on patient and Read more >> |
