"Far ahead in implementing electronic medical records"
Mar. 20--Information technology is transforming the healthcare industry across national and geographic borders. HealthTech Wire talked to Chip Means, editor of Healthcare IT News Europe, about the differences between the European and US healthcare markets and his online magazine's plans for expansion. More…
Hospitals Encouraged To Use Electronic Records
Mar. 20--HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt presented a new Medicare demonstration project, which offers incentives to physicians for purchasing electronic health records (EHR) from the government, to use in their practices. The project aims at streamlining systems for small- and medium-sized primary care physicians, More…
21st Century Medicine Fraught With Miscommunication and Human Error
Mar. 20--In the most recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer defines the coordination of medical care as "the deliberate integration of patient care activities between two or more participants involved in a patient's care to facilitate the appropriate delivery of healthcare services." Or, to put it in layman's terms: doctors working together to get things right.
The value of this sentiment should be self-evident, but the coordination of medical care is more complex than it initially seems – More…
Cholesterol-associated Gene Variants Can Predict Cardiovascular Events, Study Confirms
Mar. 21--A study appearing recently in the New England Journal of Medicine confirms that a combination of gene variants previously associated with cholesterol levels does reflect patients' cholesterol levels and can signify increased risk of heart attack, stroke or sudden cardiac death. More…
Doctors Without Orders
Mar. 21--The mystery of patients who fail to follow prescriptions. More…
Effort To Improve Patient Records Is Drawing A Crowd
Mar. 24--The need for better electronic patient records has gotten a lot of attention lately.
But compiling all that data is just part of the battle. Doctors and patients still have to know what to do with those records. More…
Banner telemedicine center backs up ICU staff
Mar. 18--Arizona's largest health-care provider, Banner Health Systems, has installed cameras and monitoring devices that allow doctors and nurses to remotely watch over the most critically ill patients at nine hospitals in Arizona and Colorado. More…
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Health IT News
Mar. 19--Summaries of several recent developments related to health care information technology. More…
HEALTH — Patient care made more efficient by technology
Mar. 21--Three years ago, Norwalk Hospital implemented several changes to the way it's staff prepares, handles and distributes medication to patients. More…
Mass. Study Finds Computerized Physician Order Entry Can Yield a Significant Reduction in Dangerous Medical Errors
Mar. 19--Massachusetts-based health plans and the commonwealth's hospital association agree that the implementation of a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system at hospitals will help improve the quality of care delivered. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts said that based on the results of a recent study performed by Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and The New England Health Care Institute, it will not allow hospitals that do not have CPOEs in place to participate in its hospital pay-for-performance (P4P) program starting in 2012. More…
EMC to Build Finland Records System
Mar. 18--Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC Corp. will build a centralized patient record archiving system for the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. The contract is estimated to be worth $31.5 million. More…
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