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The St. Louis VA Medical Center, part of the John Cochran Division, will roll out a new real-time location system designed to improve management of growing patient populations and efficiency.
The Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking study, conducted annually by Hospitals and Health Networks, has named the "100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" for 2009.
A new study by the RAND Corporation indicates the majority of state health department Web sites have provided timely, easily accessible information on the H1N1 flu, but local health departments haven't been as easily accessible.
South Jersey Healthcare plans to deploy a new health information exchange system to improve healthcare information technology services, connectivity and interoperability.
The economy is forcing hospitals to consider delaying or scaling back their IT projects, according to a survey of America’s “most wired” hospitals and health systems.
New companies spawned by MIT students are exploring ways that cell phones can help people in developing nations by diagnosing diseases.
Huntington Memorial Hospital, an active teaching facility based in Pasadena, Calif., has implemented a new CT system to provide improved workflow in its high-volume emergency room.
The VeriChip Corporation, a Delray Beach, Fla.-based provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for healthcare, is supporting a Pennsylvania bill that would ban the forced implantation of identification devices in people.
The relaxation of the Stark Law enables hospitals to bear up to 85 percent of the cost of electronic health record implementation for community physician offices. Despite the generous subsidy, cost is still a barrier for many physicians, according to some experts.
In an effort to push California’s goal of a wired health system, The California Public Employee’s Retirement System has partnered with Anthem Blue Cross, Medco Health Solutions, Inc., and Blue Shield of California.