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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, a seven-hospital, multi-campus health system in Memphis, Tenn., recently completed a CPOE implementation after two years of taking a “hard-and-fast” tack. Today, hospital officials boast 86 percent adoption across the system on the inpatient side and more than 96 percent across its emergency departments.
When the prestigious Institute of Medicine called for sweeping changes across healthcare to ensure health information technology is being used safely, the reaction from healthcare providers and policymakers was swift – and mostly positive.
This December, I had the privilege of covering the Third Annual mHealth Summit at the Gaylord. The 65-foot Christmas tree made of synthetic “candy” glass was impressive hanging from the Gaylord’s atrium ceiling, but didn't hold the amazement for me that the information at the summit conveyed. MHealth is booming and will continue to do so until it is pretty much the way things are done.
We wish all our readers a happy, productive and prosperous 2012. As we ring in the New Year, we also usher in a new look, along with a new approach to news reporting. The idea is for Healthcare IT News to more closely reflect the excitement and challenges in the healthcare IT sector today.
The government plans to fork out a total of nearly $70 million in grants to five community colleges assigned with leading a federal healthcare IT training program. But is the Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals delivering?
In 2010, the Veterans Administration launched the Blue Button, a standards format that allows simple exchange of a patient’s personal health data. Initially designed for use by veterans, the idea has taken off like gangbusters in the private sector and has been supported by at least one major care provider overseas.
Now is time of year when people dust off their crystal balls, polish up their powers of prognostication and make predictions for the annum ahead. What will 2012 hold in store?
Physician and blogger Kevin Pho, MD, who practices medicine in Nashua, N.H., discusses the healthcare issues that matter most to Granite State voters, and explains how politics shape ballot casters' views of health reform during the primary process.
Kevin Pho, MD, speaks with Government Health IT about the facets of healthcare that matter most to New Hampshire primary voters, how politics shape citizens' health reform views and whether a Republican really could repeal the healthcare law if elected.
Dr. Anne Beal, in this interview with Kaiser Health News, discusses the entrepreneurial spirit that is fueling PCORI, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.