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Kaiser Permanente is donating its Convergent Medical Terminology (CMT) for open access to help boost the country's transition from paper-based medical records to electronic health records.
Cincinnati health information exchange extends reach across Ohio via partnership with Dayton hospital association.
There is "no distinction between information management and healthcare," said Peter Salgo, MD, associate director of surgical intensive care at Presbyterian Hospital in New York, in his rousing presentation at AHIMA on Tuesday. And the people who know how to synthesize, store, and integrate medical information will lead the massive healthcare changes of the 21st century.
"We're at an inflection point," said Paul Tang, MD, vice president and chief medical information officer at Palo Alto Medical Foundation, in his keynote speech at AHIMA on Tuesday. "For once, the stars are aligned."
Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin learned a few things in her old job running the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Alabama. First, the job didn't just entail "sewing up the shark bites" - there were plenty of "land sharks" (regulators and red-tape dispensers) to fend off, too. Second, EHRs are an absolute must-have.
The recently formed Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media has established the Social Media Health Network, a group dedicated to using social media to promote healthcare. The network was announced Tuesday at the Second Annual Social Media Summit in Jacksonville, Fla.
A group from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University is developing virtual technology designed to help young adults with mental illnesses better manage their care.
State Medicaid offices scramble to set up systems and methods to oversee pending flow of health IT subsidies to medical practices.
Private foundation Lilly Endowment funds center to tackle intersection of law, social science and e-health information.
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is rolling out new healthcare data and storage management solutions, developed by Woburn, Mass.-based BridgeHead Software, as it implements plans around improving operational efficiency, cost savings and patient care.