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By Bernie Monegain | 11:36 am | January 22, 2009
Partners HealthCare will roll out new acute care and preoperative clinical technology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
By Tom Adams | 11:00 am | January 22, 2009
Commentary from Tom Adams, president and managing director for HP Financial Services, on managing IT budgets in tough economic times.
By Diana Manos | 01:19 pm | January 21, 2009
Investing now in information technology and other tools needed to modernize the nation's healthcare system will pay dividends in lower costs and greater productivity in the future, said Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund.
By Eric Wicklund | 12:47 pm | January 21, 2009
Hospitals looking to comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' new requirement to report National Drug Code numbers for drugs administered in outpatient settings will be getting a big boost from IntelliDOT.
By Molly Merrill | 11:54 am | January 21, 2009
Clara Maass Medical Center, a 465-bed community hospital in Belleville, N.J., that's affiliated with the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, is boosting health information exchange for its physicians.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:31 am | January 21, 2009
The Medical Records Institute has announced finalists for the 2009 TEPR (Towards the Electronic Patient Record) Awards, which will be given out during the 25th annual conference Feb. 1-5 in Palm Springs, Calif.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:35 am | January 20, 2009
Marion General Hospital in Marion, Ind. will develop and roll out enterprise-wide interoperable portals for physicians, patients, employees and consumers over the next two years.
By Molly Merrill | 11:31 am | January 20, 2009
A new study by clinicians at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center shows that the use of a remote monitoring technology coupled with a clinician notification system can boost patient outcomes as well as reduce costs.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:38 am | January 20, 2009
The Washington D.C. Department of Health has tapped a Milwaukee-based provider of healthcare IT solutions to ensure that any medical emergencies are handled smoothly during today's Presidential Inauguration.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:46 pm | January 19, 2009
Eighty-five percent of hospitals in the contracting phase of an IT acquisition have signed with a CCHIT-certified vendor since November 2007, according to data from the HIMSS Analytics Database.