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The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has slated a "town call" Web conference on Sept. 3 to gather input from the vendor and developer communities on the commission's planned new paths to certification for electronic health record technologies.
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will provide tailored health and wellness information to its members through interactive, automated phone calls.
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule requiring certain Web-based businesses to notify consumers when the security of their electronic health information is breached.
Medical students consider technology a 'must have' for their future practice, according to the fourth annual survey by healthcare IT company Epocrates.
Swedish Medical Center, with four hospitals and 40 clinics in and around Seattle, has gotten its arms around patient information by taking charge of its document management. Scanners are a critical piece of the strategy.
CHRISTUS Health, a Dallas-based healthcare system, has implemented five new clinical decision support systems designed to improve care.
When officials at Grant Medical Center, part of the OhioHealth system, looked to improve the hospital’s quality indicators, they knew information technology could help. But unlike many healthcare organizations, they aimed the IT initiative at patients, not clinicians.
The Kettering Health Network, a six-hospital system based in Dayton, Ohio, has committed more than $50 million to implement an electronic health record system, abandoning its best-of-breed strategy for a fully integrated, enterprise-wide system.
How can hospitals meet regulatory and emergency service requirements for wireless, and satisfy staff and patient demands for commercial services at the same time?
A recent story by Patty Enrado (http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/community-colleges-should-be-tapped...) discussed the role that community colleges might play in meeting these workforce needs. The story relied mainly on the opinion of one senior vice president of a medical insurance company and a director of a community college association. Had this story interviewed a wider array of individuals who work in health IT, different conclusions may have been reached.