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The Department of Health and Human Services will conduct two surveys to find out more about patient perceptions and preferences for the use of healthcare information technology.
HHS announced the two studies in the Federal Register on May 14.
Chalk one up the HIMSS Interoperability Showcase. Come 2013, the showcase, a popular draw at the Health Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference, will be on display and working on all things interoperable year-round a new showroom in Nashville.
The past month has seen an overwhelming surge of emphasis on healthcare IT inside the beltway, as a host of agencies prepare to implement the vast changes initiated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Affordable Care Act offers effective new technology and sophisticated data analysis for reducing healthcare fraud that will build on programs that helped Medicare and Medicaid recover billions of dollars in 2009, according to the government's annual “Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAAC) report.
Beacon Communities offer hope, practical approaches to IT
Outdated hospital communications systems -- based on blaring PAs and multiple, often incompatible mobile devices -- are causing confusion, reducing efficiency, wasting money, and helping contribute to serious staffing shortages.
Three U.S. hospitals are now depending on a new trend in health IT to help them overcome a clinician shortage in rural areas: electronic intensive care units.
Hospitals and physician practices that don't get on board now with social media are missing a huge opportunity to build their brand, according to experts.
Everyone knows that interruptions lead to mistakes. For nurses even the smallest of disruption when handling medication could result in a deadly error.