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El Camino Hospital, a 542-bed acute care center, is using new technology to shave precious minutes off the time it takes for heart attack victims to receive lifesaving treatment.
Finding a durable business model to keep afloat financially is one of the biggest challenges facing health information exchanges as the federal and state grants that funded their start up and early development expire.
A breakdown in data destruction protocols could help explain why back-up files containing information on 800,000 individuals were lost from a Mass. hospital after a data management company was hired to destroy them.
Royal Philips Electronics and SpineMark Corporation, a San Diego-based company that develops specialized centers for spinal care, have announced a partnership that will bring Philips's imaging and other healthcare IT solutions to new SpineMark facilities around the world.
A new study from Millennium Research Group (MRG), which specializes in market intelligence on medical technology, finds that the competitive landscape of the U.S. diagnostic imaging equipment servicing market is evolving as imaging facilities seek to cut costs.
Survey shows operational health information exchanges expanding to 73 from 57 last year, though "durable" business models are lagging.
Physician adoption of smartphones is experiencing exponential growth, according to "Point of Care Communications for Physicians," a new study from Spyglass Consulting Group.
On July 9th at Redwoord MedNet’s 4th Annual HIE Conference, the first publically stage multi-organization demonstration of Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Direct standards and technologies took place.
A total joint replacement registry based on carefully designed and integrated technology can enhance patient safety, quality of care, cost-effectiveness and research, according to a paper published online in "Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research," a journal of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons.
For 90 percent of hospital executives - including CIOs and CEOs - achieving meaningful use of electronic health records is a top priority for 2010 and 2011, according to a survey from Falls Church, Va.-based consulting firm CSC.