Health IT
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System is precursor for nationwide health IT program.
June 10, 2010 -
Messages like “Dr. Smith, report to the OR, STAT” on public address systems could become a thing of the past in hospitals. Studies show that outdated communication systems – like PAs, pagers and other mobile…
June 08, 2010 -
The Health 2.0 Conference is coming to D.C. for the first time, and one of the conference\'s co-founders explains that he wants to share best practices with the government in order to help the individual patient.
June 03, 2010 -
Who is reading what you write? That’s the question some doctors will soon have to ask themselves. Some hospitals in Massachusetts are undergoing a pilot program that allows patients to access information written by their…
June 02, 2010 -
At last year’s Detroit marathon, organizers made sure they had the essentials. Water. Gatorade. And electronic medical records. Representatives from Henry Ford Hospital brought EMRs to the race to show organizers how the technology could…
June 02, 2010 -
Former Deputy CIO at VA sees a \"confluence of events\" pushing uniformity on health IT.
June 01, 2010 -
Within the next several weeks, the Department of Health and Human Services is expected to release the newest guidelines regarding the continuing effort to implement electronic health records across the country. Meanwhile, several feds who are in the thick of the \'health IT\' fight talked about their work at yesterday\'s AFFIRM luncheon here in Washington.
May 28, 2010 -
It can be difficult to come to terms with getting older. But imagine if you were the federal government and had to deal with the aging baby boomer population. How can the government keep health…
May 25, 2010 -
A new survey on Americans’ health care reveals some interesting information about patient health. According to a survey from Gfk Roper, the average patient’s health is dependent on a minimum of 200 pieces of paper…
May 25, 2010 -
Working group chair Ed Meagher says the VA\'s health IT system is one of the best in the world, but it\'s also over 30 years old.
May 06, 2010 -
He has been with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT almost since its inception. Sankaran writes to his colleagues that the time is right to pursue other opportunities.
April 28, 2010 -
The Department of Health and Human Services continues to be the lead agency for the Obama Administration\'s priority of establishing a nationwide system of permanent electronic health records. But at least one large stakeholder group working with HHS is looking for some changes to the program.
April 27, 2010 -
A new hospital in Africa is being called a paperless hospital without borders. Botswana’s Bokamoso Private Hospital is a state-of-the-art hospital that allows patients to get the care they need without leaving the country. The…
April 26, 2010 -
File sharing applications can be good ways to download music and photos, but it’s not the best idea when it comes to personal health information. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics…
April 26, 2010 -