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Using Computed Tomography Colonography (CTC) and teleradiology, providers in rural areas can with "minimal effort" bring colorectal cancer screening to their patients, according to the author of a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will pay Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide to build a marketing campaign around comparative effectiveness research.
Health IT policy members discuss putting finishing touches on first stage meaningful use policies and procedures.
"Is HITECH working?" That was the question posed by Vince Kuraitis, principal of Better Health Technologies, at the Mobile Health Expo in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Health IT vendors should make sure they market and sell their products and services to healthcare providers in minority communities to avoid a new form of "digital divide" that could leave low-income areas without the benefit of electronic health records, according two of the nation's top physicians.
With healthcare providers looking to their supply chain operations to improve efficiency and reduce wasteful spending, Management Health Solutions is relying on a couple of recent acquisitions to give them the IT tools they need.
Federally funded "beacon" communities are tackling the problem of hospital readmissions and other tough healthcare challenges by testing the effectiveness of multiple treatment strategies simultaneously instead of taking the traditional approach of testing one treatment at a time, according to the program's director.
"Wireless devices are the number one means of communication today," said Kelley Carr, president of the Custom Solutions Group of Manchester, N.H.-based CSI, which specializes in the design and implementation of in-building wireless solutions. Carr spoke at a workshop at the Mobile Health Expo at Caesar's Palace Tuesday.
IT services firm wins 10-year contract to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's IT infrastructure.
Patients at five-star rated hospitals had a 72 percent lower risk of dying when compared with patients at one-star-rated hospitals, according to a new independent study by healthcare ratings organization HealthGrades.