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Author Photo Can IT Help New Cancer Screening Guidelines?
Nov 23, 2009  
Posted by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

New recommendations from a federal task force last week about breast cancer screenings have infuriated many cancer survivors as well as medical professional organizations, including the American Cancer Society. The guidelines were based on data analysis of the risks and benefits of mammograms for women under age 50.

Author Photo Blumenthal: Patient Care, Not Tech, Will Drive Meaningful Use
Nov 19, 2009  
Posted by Mitch Wagner

National health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal dropped a big hint about upcoming criteria for giving out e-health records grants. He advised healthcare IT managers to focus on "goals of care" rather than technology.

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Best Practices for Migrating from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint
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Healthcare Goes Mobile, Virtual WIth Dell Offering

November 19, 2009
Dell Mobile Clinical Computing solution provides clinicians with single sign-on and roaming capabilities.

EMR Adoption Earns Hospital High Score

November 18, 2009
Achieving its high level of electronic medical records adoption has taken small Maine hospital five years.

Healthcare Provider Saves With E-Invoicing

November 18, 2009
Electronic invoices are saving Memorial Hermann Healthcare System millions of dollars.

Healthcare's New Revenue Generator: Business Apps

November 18, 2009
Banner Health uses $17 million supply chain savings to pay for new clinical information systems.

Healthcare Affiliates Unprepared For Data Breaches

November 17, 2009
Patient privacy is at risk from the companies that healthcare providers do business with, study says.

Desktop Virtualization A Remedy For Hospital

November 16, 2009
A New York healthcare provider deploys "zero-client" devices to reduce PC maintenance and improve business performance.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Data Breach Investigated

November 16, 2009
Connecticut's attorney general is looking for tougher protection for healthcare providers after records, which could be useful to identity thieves, were lost.

Boom Times For Health IT Sector

November 10, 2009
The healthcare IT marketplace is growing by 11% annually, which will likely continue through 2013, says a study from Scientia Advisors.

Healthcare IT Career Tips

November 10, 2009
IT pros without clinical experience shouldn't rule out possible transitions into emerging healthcare IT jobs.

Florida Hospital Dials Up iPhones For Nurses

November 8, 2009
iPhones are helping a Sarasota hospital connect its nursing staff via text messaging, and soon, VoIP telephony.

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