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Health information technology programs implemented in New York could serve as models for new federal initiatives, according to Weill Cornell Medical College researchers.
Beth Israel Medical Center, part of Boston-based Continuum Health Partners, is using physician query software to improve clinical documentation.
IBM researchers are testing a 3-D version of an electronic patient record, complete with avatar, at Thy-Mors Hospital in northern Denmark.
A recent survey finds that although more physician leaders are using healthcare information technology, they still find it clunky and unresponsive to their needs.
Actor Dennis Quaid, who is slated as one of the keynote speakers at HIMSS09, the annual conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Society, is scheduled to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Tuesday to talk about medical errors.
The healthcare IT consulting market, once dominated by large, full-service firms, today includes many smaller but high-performing boutique practices that offer specialized services, according to a new report from healthcare research firm KLAS.
SureScripts-RxHub, the country's largest national electronic prescribing network, has changed its name to Surescripts and launched a new e-Prescribing Resource Center Web site.
The gains derived from deploying healthcare IT could be dramatic, but difficult to achieve, say experts in the March/April issue of Health Affairs.
Janet Marchibroda, who has served as chief executive of the eHealth Initiative since its founding in 2001, is moving to IBM to take a position as chief healthcare officer.
The Michigan Health and Hospital Association has signed a three-year contract with the ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization to provide its members with patient safety data collection and analysis.