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The real barrier to adoption of personal health records is not privacy and security, but rather the unwillingness of healthcare data sources to give consumers control over their health information, Dossia CEO Colin Evans told a government panel recently.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is providing grants to states in order to fund health information exchange breakthroughs in five challenging areas that will promote sharing of patient records nationwide.
Health IT complications made the list of top 10 potential technology hazards for 2011 as identified by federal patient safety organization, ECRI Institute.
Health Information Exchange Challenge Program encourages progress in areas that are critical but difficult to advance interoperability.
Healthcare organizations are moving closer to the adoption of global supply chain standards, according to an independent survey of healthcare providers, group purchasing organizations, device manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors.
As it seeks to expand its suite of clinical solutions for unified patient information management (UPIM), NaviNet, the biggest healthcare communications network in the country, has acquired Prematics, a provider of mobile care management solutions.
Hiring in the information technology field - particularly in the healthcare industry - will see an increase in the first quarter, according to the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report.
The emergency department information system market - worth $110 million in 2010 - will grow by more than 30 percent in 2011 due to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), according to Millennium Research Group.
Jerry Buchanan, program manager at technology consulting firm eMids Technologies, shares five ways that consumer-driven healthcare proves to be game changing for healthcare IT.
Communication problems and lack of knowledge are the most frequent contributors to medication errors and adverse drug events in primary care practice offices, according to a study of a prototype Web-based medication error and adverse drug event reporting system.