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When To Ignore That Mobile Health App
Patients and clinicians need to be aware of all the digital snake oil cluttering up the iTunes store.
7 Big Data Solutions Try To Reshape Healthcare
Big data medicine is still largely unproven, but that's not stopping several medical centers and analytics vendors from jumping in with both feet.
CTIA To Merge U.S. Trade Shows In 2014
U.S. mobile and wireless industry's main lobbying group will combine its two yearly shows into one larger event in a bid to remain relevant.
Healthcare Execs Worry About Meaningful Use Stage 2
KPMG survey suggests training and change management are bigger barriers than technology implementation in achieving federal health IT standards.
Mayo, Philips Collaborate On Cloud-Based ICU Alerts
Government grant will support 3-year study involving four hospitals across country. Researchers will look at information overload, best practices...
Humedica, Harvard Bring Continuing Medical Education To Trenches
Harvard's Joslin Diabetes Center uses Humedica's analytics capabilities to make patient care part of a continuous learning process.
Medicaid Providers Rack EHR Incentive Dollars
GAO report shows that nearly 40% of eligible hospitals and a third of professionals got payments in 2011, despite slow start in many states.
Maine HIE Prepares For Pay-For-Performance World
HealthInfoNet and Arcadia Solution's new partnership will marry insurance claims to clinical data in Maine's health information exchange.
Healthcare Providers Learn IT's Value In Patient Care
Pittsburgh's new Quality and Information Technology Center teaches healthcare professionals to apply data and IT to improve medical care.
Health IT Certification Group Examines Accountable Care Organizations
Certification Commission for Health Information Technology looks to develop a framework for the technology ACOs will need to function.
12 Expert Health IT Predictions For 2013
Better care coordination technology, the explosion of mobile health and the downfall of independent physician practices are just a few of the...
Encryption Shortfalls Plague Healthcare Industry
Health Information Management and Systems Society report focuses on securing personal patient data, which providers must address in Meaningful Use...
'Not One Successful EHR System In Whole World'
Longtime advocate of computerizing healthcare C. Peter Waegemann calls current health IT policy 'misguided.'
Personal Mobile Heart Monitor Gets FDA OK
AliveCor specialized iPhone case and monitoring app lets users record data and wirelessly send to doctors.
Kaiser Colorado To Hire 500 IT Pros
As national demand for skilled health IT professionals soars, Kaiser Permanente plans to add 500 such workers to support both regional and...
Halamka Knows Perils And Promise Of Healthcare BYOD
One of the nation's top healthcare CIOs discusses Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's $200K project to secure personal devices used for work.
ONC: Physicians' EHR Capabilities Growing Rapidly
But ONC report on doctors' ability to show Meaningful Use clashes with another government report using the same data.
QuantiaMD Opens Social Network For Medical Residents
Online community lets residents view case presentations, ask questions and exchange best practices with peers, using PCs, tablets and smartphones.
EHR Vendors, Pharmacy Chains Pump Up Surescripts Network
Pharmacies' use of Surescripts to send immunization notices to doctors signals growing effort to develop nationwide interoperability.
HIMSS Survey: Future Belongs To Mobile Technology
Most healthcare IT managers believe mobile technology will have big impact on patient care, according to the latest Healthcare Information and...
Isabel Opens Online Diagnostic System To Consumers
Online symptom checker helps patients and doctors work together to find the proper diagnosis.
Hospitals Outsource More Revenue Cycle Operations
KLAS attributes trend to cost pressures, Meaningful Use and ICD-10, noting that hospitals are facing strain on IT and staff resources.
Tech And The City: New York's Future
U.S. cities stand to benefit in important ways from well-planned technology implementations, according to our survey. The possibilities include...
Health IT Bubble Is No Bubble At All
Unlike the disappointing tech startups of the late 1990s, healthcare IT will continue to grow because it addresses problems the medical industry...
HealthTap, Avvo Marriage Gives Consumers More Online Docs
HealthTap site now offers network of 30,000 doctors, including specialists, to answer consumer questions.
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