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Interactive patient systems streamline communication, boost satisfaction

Hospitals are pleased with the leading interactive patient systems (IPS) on the market, according to a new report from research firm KLAS. Interactive patient systems are solutions that provide

Mobile technology brings equal parts risk, reward to medical liability

Mobile technology, and its ability to provide rapid access to medical information, can be good and bad for providers' medical liability risk. That's the upshot of Harvard health law professor

Health IT has become an obsession for group practice administrators

Four of the five top issues this year for members of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) revolve around health IT. And even the fifth issue--rising costs--has some bearing on

ONC review of health IT studies shows they're mostly positive

A new review of articles on the impact of health information technology finds that 92 percent of qualified studies published since 2007 reached "conclusions that were positive overall." This is not

HIMSS Virtual Conference: Business intelligence helps Connecticut hospital streamline ED

While many providers struggle to figure out what to do with massive storehouses of health data , some have found positive applications--with quantifiable results. An emergency department information

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

Sutter hospital saves money, boosts satisfaction with wireless VoIP

Sutter Solano Medical Center in Vallejo, Calif., spent $280,000 to implement wireless voice-over-IP telephony a little more than a year ago. The hospital recouped its investment in little more than