Electronic Health Records
One new policy deems drug shortages an urgent public health crisis and seeks to have manufacturing sites become critical infrastructure.
NHS unit is switching from Meditech to deploy what it describes as a EPR, rather than an electronic health record.
Robert Wachter, MD, says healthcare is entering a new phase of its digital transformation now that EHR adoption is widespread.
Giovanni Delgrossi, chief information officer at Italy's Vimercate Hospital, explains how the system used the EMRAM model to streamline operations and ultimately secured buy-in from its physicians and nurses.
Ilker Köse, technology transfer office director at Istanbul Medipol University, says the motivation to adopt EMRAM standards created the momentum needed to transform hospital systems.
Karina Tellinger McNeil, strategist for the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, breaks down her country's ambitious plan to lead the world in the digitization of healthcare.
As many as 80 percent of sepsis deaths could be prevented with rapid diagnosis and treatment, which is why Halifax has brought together this triumvirate of health IT for prescriptive alerts.
The center, called Catalyst Health-Tech Innovation, will convene experts across the healthcare and wellness industries to incubate new ideas, officials say.
Hospital says the tool will help employees and administrators streamline hiring and shift scheduling.
Taavi Kotka, former CIO for the Estonian government, discusses Estonia's major e-health feat and look at conditions that made it possible to create a countrywide EHR.