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Seventy-five hospitals/medical centers have been named to Security magazine's "2010 Security 500" list, which recognizes organizations worldwide for best-managed security practices.
The White House has called for a "universal exchange language" to enable healthcare providers to share health information in real time, in order to modernize and coordinate diagnosis and treatment while incorporating privacy and security of personal data.
Just as cable television can trace its roots back to CNN, Nashville's fast-growing healthcare IT sector got its start with HCA, Inc., the hospital company founded more than 40 years ago in Music City. Leaders who helped HCA rise to prominence shared their insights on Dec. 7 at the Nashville Health Care Council's panel discussion celebrating that group's 15th anniversary.
The United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) has applied the new '111' phone number for access to non-emergency national healthcare services.
Presidential council urges 'universal exchange language' standards to be included in meaningful use in 2013 and 2015.
MedeAnalytics, a provider of healthcare performance management solutions such as on-demand analytics, announced Wednesday the launch of its new accountable care organization solution, alongside an ACO resource center for provider and payer organizations.
The implementation of a telepharmacy model in a multi-hospital health system increased access to pharmacy services, allowing for round-the-clock medication order review by pharmacists, which is critical to reducing errors, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.
A Department of Health and Human Services advisory panel wants feedback from the public about concepts it has developed for clinical quality measures for meaningful use in 2013 and 2015.
Social media tools may prove an effective way to boost participation in online health programs, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School.
The Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape, a well-known paper-based medical chart used by pediatric emergency personnel to provide specific medical instructions to doctors based on a child’s measurements, is undergoing an electronic revamp that displays the information via a large-screen digital format.