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NewsYou're invited! Mobile health's impact on EMR workflow, buy-in, value and meaningful use
Once again, FierceHealthIT will present an executive panel discussion at the Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. Our one-hour breakfast discussion will focus on mHealth's Evolving Role in Read more...
Workflow software, robots poised to transform care
We have separate publications called FierceHealthIT and FierceEMR for a reason: Thanks in no small part to the federal "meaningful use" incentive program, EMRs are front of mind for many health IT Read more...
Health IT not always integrated into clinical workflows
Previous studies of the efficacy of health IT in improving quality of care and patient safety have shown decidedly mixed results, largely because IT isn't properly integrated into clinical and Read more...
GE, UPMC to test PACS-like digital pathology system
Those who say we practice 19th Century medicine in the 21st Century usually are referring to paper medical records, but could just as well be speaking about pathology, since laboratory medicine has Read more...
Health IT systems often overlook care management
When it comes to designing health IT systems, more than a few organizations may be missing the big picture in terms of integrating care management workflows into their technology. A new survey of how Read more...
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 Read more...
Health IT, data glut altering patient-physician relationship
Even with the vast majority of medical records still stored in paper files, health IT already has had a profound effect on the ways in which people seek and receive care, thanks to social networking, Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Siemens and the University of Pennsylvania
Siemens Healthcare has won a seven-year, $135 million contract from the University of Pennsylvania Health System to provide integrated service management, the company announced last week. The deal, Read more...
Want EMRs to succeed? Pay doctors to use them
You know, sometimes an answer is right in front of us. The American College of Physicians is handing you the cheat Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Kaiser making IT staff cuts; Black-and-white printing key to healthcare; and much more...
> Kaiser Permanente is laying off roughly 100 people in its 5,600-member IT department response to unspecified "changing technology needs." Read more...
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