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Even physicians who use EMR systems and other information technology are experiencing high costs in serving multiple-patient health plans, according to a new study.
Healthcare IT and medical technology are primed for investment in 2009, according to an annual report on healthcare investing issues.
As William Bria, MD, sees it, the Web site www.meaningfuluse.org, launched Tuesday by AMDIS and Compuware, will encompass much more than a narrow discussion on the words "meaningful use."
A group of American and British healthcare IT vendors have banded together to package their products for overseas use.
UNC Hospitals, a 724-bed academic medical center located in Chapel Hill, N.C., will be implementing a new automated Software-as-a-Service tool to manage the hospital's supply contracts and services agreements.
Officials at the University of California, Berkeley are notifying more than 160,000 individuals that their personal information may have been stolen after hackers attacked restricted computer databases in the campus' health service center.
Health system modernization could save the government nearly $600 billion in health spending over the next decade and $9 trillion over the next 25 years, according to the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Democratic Leadership Council.
Information technology would push some healthcare reform proposals put forth Monday in what the White House called a "breakthrough" meeting between President Barack Obama and representatives of insurance companies, doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical firms.
Industry leaders say providers should not delay EMR decisions because of uncertainty around the definition of "meaningful use."
The Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson, N.C., has installed a new picture archiving and communication system, part of a larger, long-term investment in healthcare IT that lays the foundation for an electronic health record.