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St. Helens and Whiston hospital recently automated its bed management. The IMS MAXIMS real-time system recently went live at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Officials say has simplified the handling of more than 500 patient admissions, discharges and transfers a day.
ONC must decide whether to incorporate the privacy recommendations as part of the rules for the first stage of the meaningful use plan.
Macquarie University Hospital performed Australia's first Gamma Knife surgery with its new Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system on Aug. 3, making it the country's first center capable of providing dedicated intracranial radiosurgery.
The patients at hospitals with the most advanced type of electronic medical records are likely to spend 22.4 percent less time in the emergency room than at other hospitals, a new study from the W.P.Carey School of Business at Arizona State University shows.
Physicians who use an automated, electronic medical record tracking system to follow up on patients with an abnormal Pap test could increase the number of women who achieve diagnostic resolution and do so in less time than using traditional methods, according to new research.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded a three-year demonstration $3 million grant aimed at reducing birth-related injuries. The grant supports quality improvement and data analysis initiatives.
athenahealth, of Watertown, Mass., has announced that it will offer its Web-based EHR service, athenaClinicals, as a standalone offering.
Research firm Kalorama cites high rates of physician use of smartphones and PDAs and available applications among many factors making healthcare ideal for smartphone sales.
Intel has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire security giant McAfee - a deal executives say underscores the crucial importance of security to information technology, and represents a "fundamentally new approach involving software, hardware and services."
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued guidelines to state Medicaid directors regarding federal funding for the administration costs associated with Medicaid healthcare information technology initiatives.