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The government of Cross River State, Nigeria is launching two initiatives in order to provide healthcare and other social services to its poor and rurally located citizens.
Like other healthcare leaders in Maine, David Howes does not expect to hear anything new on healthcare reform when President Barack Obama makes a stop here Thursday, but Howes, a physician and CEO of Portland, Maine-based Martin’s Point Health Care, views the law as "an enormous step forward.”
A radiologist contracted by Griffin Hospital, a 160-bed acute care community hospital in St. Derby, Conn, has breached images of 957 patients. The radiologist accessed the reports on the hospital's PACS system, downloaded image files of 339 of these patients, and even contacted some of the patients offering to provide professional services at another area hospital.
iSOFT, the Australian health IT company, has announced a $2 million deal with ACT Health for new patient and emergency software applications at Calvary Public Hospital.
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.
CMS administrator nominee would bring experience in research and public advocacy for patient safety, science and evidence-based medicine.
Digital library would supply providers and vendors basic answers they need to comply with meaningful use.
When it comes to equipping itself for data sharing, the healthcare industry is facing a monumental task ahead. Even those wearing rose-colored glasses admit there is a tremendous amount of hard work ahead to make IT systems interoperable and accommodate electronic health records by October 2013.
Jonathan Teich, MD, an eMergency physician and internist, expects meaningful use requirements to give clinical decision support a boost.
No question: The immense show floors at HIMSS10 were vast and dazzling. And no question: As worthy as the products on display in those huge vendor booths may have been, many were trumpeted to journalists and prospective clients with healthy dollops of hype, hot air, and PR-savvy spin.