Greencastle Consulting.(News Makers)(Brief article)
Riddle Memorial Hospital, located in Philadelphia, became a member
of the Main Line Health System and employed Greencastle Consulting to
manage the transition. The project management and consulting . . .
The Bermuda Triangle of healthcare: an Illinois healthcare system
closes the gaps in patient handoff communication.(Patient Safe
When you hear "Bermuda Triangle" what comes to mind? Fear
and confusion as planes and ships seem to disappear without a trace?
It's a mysterious and unsettling image. What's more unsettling
is that . . .
Wireless is more: a comprehensive network strategy can trump
wireless challenges for healthcare enterprises.(Wireless/Mobile
Com
There has never been a better time to take advantage of wireless
connectivity in healthcare. Technologies have matured, carriers value
their highly mobile healthcare customers, and the demand to . . .
FDA proposes drug effects monitoring system.(Briefly)(Brief
article)
Federal health officials have announced plans for a new monitoring
system known as the Sentinel Initiative, which is intended to allow Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) officials to monitor the . . .
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.(NewsMakers)(Zix
Corp.)(Brief article)
ZixCorp is conducting a joint pilot of disease management
enrollment alerts through their PocketScript e-prescribing service with
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA). The disease . . .
Versus Technology Inc.(News Makers)(Brief article)
The Cleveland Clinic is implementing the VISion Real-time Location
Information System from Versus Technology at its Glickman Urology and
Kidney Institute to improve patient safety and satisfaction, . . .
Clean beds, less-crowded: state-of-the-art bed tracking leads to
shorter ED waits and faster turn-arounds.(EDIS: Case History)
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At New York Methodist Hospital (NYM), an uncoordinated system for
bed turnover at patient discharge caused overcrowding in the emergency
department (ED) and became a . . .
C. Martin Harris, M.D., MBA Chief Information Officer, Cleveland
Clinic.(QA: The Healthcare CIO)(Interview)
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HMT: What is the role of today's CIO, and how might it change
in the future?
"I think we're in a transition period from a physical
integrated delivery system to a virtual . . .
The circle of non-realty.(From the Editor)(Medicare Part D
)(Editorial)
Axioms can be illuminating. Take, for example, the project
manager's credo: "Fast, good or cheap--choose any two. You
cannot have all three." This is sometimes referred to as the Circle
of Reality, . . .
CitiusTech.(NewsMakers)(Brief article)
Twenty-six CitiusTech technology professionals received the HL7
Control Specialist Certification from a program conducted by the HL7
organization. With the addition of these certified . . .
MediNotes Corp.(Akami Practice Management LLC)(News Makers)(Brief
article)
Akami Practice Management LLC, a practice management and
reimbursement service provider for independent physicians located in
Hawaii, and MediNotes, began a partnership to offer MediNotes e, . . .
COWs and WOWs Oh My! Focusing on the needs of nurses can help
hospital IT departments make the best technology decisions and imp
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Connecting with patients always has been a key objective of our
leaders at All Children's Hospital (ACH). Since ACH was founded in
1926, it has grown into a leading . . .
Robotic assistance remedy: the Michigan Stroke Network utilizes
remote presence robots to bring needed specialists to stroke pat
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One promise of telemedicine/telehealth technology is greater access
to healthcare professionals, regardless of the remoteness of patient
location. Although the physical . . .
IBM SOA collaborations.(Health IT)(International Business
Machines A/S)(service oriented architecture)(Brief article)
In an effort to promote as well as to facilitate the spread of
service oriented architecture (SPA) in healthcare, IBM recently
announced a collaboration with nine business partners working to . . .
eHealth Global Technologies.(NewsMakers)(Brief article)
Rush University Medical Center, the University of California, San
Diego Medical Center and the University of Minnesota Medical Center
Fairview, signed contracts for the eHealthConnect service from . . .
Emageon Inc.(overall vendor ranking)(News Makers)(Brief
article)
The KLAS 2007 PACS Perception Report listed Emageon Inc. first in
"Overall Vendor Ranking" among the field of major healthcare
industry vendors. The enterprise medical IT systems provider also . . .
Carefx.(News Makers)(Carefx Corp. supplies Real time systems to
hospitals)(Brief article)
The Louisiana Rural Health Information Exchange is using an
integrated open systems platform from Carefx to provide real-time
electronic data exchange for teleconsultation services, linking . . .
How do I find thee? Let me count the ways: there's more than
one way to locate people and objects in hospitals. The best choice
Real-time location systems (RTLS) have become common in
today's hospitals, surgical centers and nursing homes, resulting in
cost savings and improved efficiency. From finding key assets in the . . .
U.S. ads promote hospital
comparison/shopping.(Transparency)(Brief article)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently
launched a national advertising campaign in 58 major daily newspapers to
promote the Hospital Compare Web site. The Web site allows users . . .
Should RHIOs extend to Canada?(Thought Leaders)(Regional Health
Information Organization )
There is certainly a business case for establishing
interconnectivity between the U.S. and Canada, though neither government
would particularly like to acknowledge it.
There are populations on . . .
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