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Col. Brian Eastridge, director of the Joint Theater Trauma System, recounts his first-hand experiences of gaining health data on the battlefield as a physician during his five deployments.
Even the most robust technology itself cannot improve healthcare outcomes, as Vanderbilt University Medical Center discovered on its way to lowering Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates – saving money and pateint’s lives.
HITECHAnswers' Roberta Mullin caught up with ONC head Farzad Mostashari, MD at the MGMA conference to discuss the challenges of meaningful use stage 2, pushing forward on standards and how vendors can help drive HIT adoption.
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has launched its HIM Jobs for America initiative, and announced a public-private partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services. The announcement came last month at the association’s 83rd annual convention in Salt Lake City.
Earlier this year, KLAS put out a report on the ambulatory RIS/PACS market that summed up the sector's mood thusly: "Waiting for the other shoe to drop." The first shoe, explains Ben Brown, GM for medical equipment & imaging informatics at KLAS and a coauthor of the study, dropped back when outpatient imaging reimbursements were cut, and providers had to scramble to reduce costs accordingly.
Recently, Healthcare IT News put a poll to our readers, asking whether they're likely to "consult medical device ratings sites in making purchasing decisions." More than two thirds (68 percent) of respondents said yes.
When you're one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world, you can afford to make big statements – pitting big money and big know-how against big problems.
At the launch this past month of the iPhone 4S, new Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that, "80 percent of the top hospitals in the U.S. are now testing or piloting the iPad." That's a good thing, because a fast-increasing number of medical schools are doing the same. The iPad, it seems, is becoming as ubiquitous as the stethoscope.
Interactions Corporation and Humana will expand their partnership, through which Humana deploys Interactions' voice portal technology, to streamline member enrollment for Medicare Part D benefits.
HP Enterprise Services announced the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has signed a renewal service agreement to manage the state's Medicaid Management Information System. The $172 million, three-year extension will help the state transition to a managed care environment.