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Healthcare Reform Too Focused On Doctors: Telemedicine Pioneer
May 17, 2013
Hopkins physician Jay Sanders, known as the father of telemedicine, says emphasis should be on changing patient behavior.
Kolodner Joins Telehealth Firm ViTel Net
May 09, 2013
Former national health IT coordinator moves to the vendor side, aims to use high-speed mobile data infrastructure to give patients more care options.
University of Kentucky HealthCare Revamps Order Sets
May 07, 2013
Kentucky health system beta-tests Elsevier authoring tool as it streamlines a decade of CPOE history.
Rx Abuse Data Tools Sought By Healthcare
May 01, 2013
Doctors, pharmacies could more easily join fight against drug diversion if states followed uniform data rules, says standards organization NCPDP.
Healthcare Patient Engagement Remains Elusive
April 24, 2013
Processes, attitudes, poor design, even fear of too much data stand in the way of true care partnerships. Is greater patient autonomy the answer?
Will Doctors 'C' The Way To Accountable Care?
April 22, 2013
Health IT vendor Lumeris develops "Nine C's" framework to help primary care physicians achieve healthcare reform goals.
Navy To Digitize Shipboard Medical Imaging
April 17, 2013
Agfa to supply digital radiography, PACS, speech recognition technology for 42 U.S. ships to connect to Walter Reed radiologists. New tech replaces metal plates.
NCQA Tests New Healthcare Quality Measure
April 12, 2013
Unified, risk-based model of assessing healthcare performance expected to be more clinically relevant to physicians than current measures.
Hospital Cuts Readmissions With Focus On Primary Care
April 08, 2013
Software links emergency department patients with follow-up care to cut nonessential return trips to the hospital.
Supercomputer Apps Tackle Cancer, Autism, Heart Attacks
April 04, 2013
Healthcare and life sciences apps sweep top three spots in contest from YarcData, a unit of supercomputing pioneer Cray, showcasing the power of graph analytics.
National Patient ID System: Debate Stoked
March 29, 2013
Hoping to spark a national conversation on information exchange, a prominent health IT advocate has started a WhiteHouse.gov petition to have Congress lift ban on HHS national patient identification system.
Topol Gives Colbert a Dose of 'Destruction'
March 27, 2013
Scripps cardiologist and noted proponent of wireless health technologies Eric Topol shows off gadgets to comedian's audience.
Allscripts Drops Suit Against NYC Public Health System
March 26, 2013
N.Y. health system disputed the claim that it will overpay for rival Epic Systems' electronic health record system.
Could Clinical Decision Support Empower Patients?
March 22, 2013
It's time the medical establishment heeded the longstanding advice of informatics pioneer Larry Weed and used "participatory" diagnostic methods, says editorial.
Big Data Use In Healthcare Needs Governance, Education
March 21, 2013
Using big data effectively requires everything from setting up a basic management framework to teaching analytics in medical school, says one consultant.
Pathology Network Offers Global Remote Diagnostic Services
March 19, 2013
New PathCentral Pathology Network enables remote consultation and image sharing via cloud, with hopes to address specialist shortages in developing regions.
Informatics Pioneer Says Healthcare Needs Better Systems
March 11, 2013
Dr. Lawrence Weed continues his longstanding advocacy for computer-aided healthcare and revamping medical education.
Bill Clinton Stumps For Health IT At HIMSS
March 08, 2013
Former president touts IT's potential to empower small players in a massive system, as HIMSS pledges $2.5 million to further Clinton Global Initiative goals.
Big Data Helps Kaiser Close Healthcare Gaps
March 07, 2013
Analytics from massive clinical data repository are central to closing gaps in care, HIMSS attendees told.
HIMSS: Hospitals Making Progress On Meaningful Use
March 05, 2013
Survey of healthcare CIOs reveals good progress toward fully functional EHRs, but questions about ACOs, staffing, interoperability loom.
4 Health IT Themes To Watch At HIMSS13
March 04, 2013
Interoperability challenges, patient experience, mobile technology will be in spotlight at annual health IT conference.
EHRs Underused For Hospital Infection Reporting
March 01, 2013
Half of infection prevention specialists are unaware if their organizations even participate in electronic health information exchanges, says study.
Electronic Records Increase Preventive Testing, Study Says
February 27, 2013
Women's health screening rates for many common conditions rise as IT becomes more sophisticated, study finds.
Aetna Consolidates Health IT Assets
February 25, 2013
New Healthagen business unit will sell integrated care coordination, population health management, physician workflow transformation services.
Kareo Launches Free EHR Based On Epocrates Technology
February 22, 2013
Practice management services vendor Kareo bought intellectual property, hired CMIO before Epocrates agreed to takeover by Athenahealth.