Bernie Monegain
Revenues from remote patient monitoring using mobile networks will rise to almost $1.9 billion globally by 2014, according to Juniper Research.
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore will deploy new technology to provide interactive patient care throughout the 130-bed facility.
CHIME, an organization that represents 1,400 healthcare CIOs, is calling for a rapid analysis of existing electronic health record certification programs, saying: "Above all else providers need a stable marketplace."
Physicians are considering an ever-increasing number of software vendors when shopping for the right electronic medical record system, according to a new report from research firm KLAS.
The Information Trust Institute (ITI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is poised to lead a multi-university consortium of researchers to create technology that will make electronic health record systems and health data exchange secure enough to gain the confidence of doctors and patients.
Some of the nation's leading universities, community colleges, and major research centers will receive government awards totaling $84 million to advance the widespread adoption and meaningful use of healthcare information technology.
The new healthcare reform law will save lives, Consumers Union asserts in a statement released Wednesday in which it highlights provisions for improving patient care, including the use of information technology and evidence-based medicine.
Forty-eight upstate New York hospitals earned more than $22 million in quality improvement incentive payments from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield as part of the health insurer's Hospital Performance Incentive Program.
A fundamental part of delivering good medical care is getting the diagnosis right. Electronic health records can help, according to new research published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Data and technology company Thompson Reuters has released its 10 best practices for building a statewide health information exchange - from focusing on tactics to taking baby steps.