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Nearly one in five smart pump customers say they would not buy their current pump again, with one exception, according to a new report from healthcare market research firm KLAS.
When a software application on a clinician’s tablet takes a full minute to come up, it’s time to do something about it.
Public relations campaign designed to educate consumers and providers to build approval and participation in health IT adoption.
Driven by meaningful use incentives and a rebounding economy, nearly three quarters (72 percent) of respondents to the 21st Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Leadership Survey said they expect their IT operating budgets to increase in 2010.
A simple genetic test can reduce hospitalization rates by almost a third for heart patients taking warfarin, the world's most-prescribed blood thinner, according to a study released today by researchers from Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (in association with the Medco Research Institute) and the Mayo Clinic.
Detroit Medical Center's chief medical information officer says the system, which has 2,000 beds, is working on "filling the gaps" in its electronic documentation as it strives to meet meaningful use and become paper free.
Healthcare execs are generally positive about new rules on e-prescribing controlled drugs "“ but point to challenges.
In this NewsMaker, Healthcare IT News editor interviews Mark Leavitt, MD and Chair of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology. Leavitt was also the founder of MedicalLogic, an ambulatory EHR company, that was acquired GE Healthcare in 2002.
Just a few short decades ago, when the Internet was first forming, the community of people using this new network quickly settled on some standard ways to share documents, images, and other information over the web.
The following are excerpts from comments – some of them dozens of pages long – submitted to the federal government regarding the proposed meaningful use requirements. The final rules, taking the comments into account, are due out in late spring, according to federal officials.