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Actor Dennis Quaid, who is slated as one of the keynote speakers at HIMSS09, the annual conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Society, is scheduled to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Tuesday to talk about medical errors.
The healthcare IT consulting market, once dominated by large, full-service firms, today includes many smaller but high-performing boutique practices that offer specialized services, according to a new report from healthcare research firm KLAS.
SureScripts-RxHub, the country's largest national electronic prescribing network, has changed its name to Surescripts and launched a new e-Prescribing Resource Center Web site.
The gains derived from deploying healthcare IT could be dramatic, but difficult to achieve, say experts in the March/April issue of Health Affairs.
Janet Marchibroda, who has served as chief executive of the eHealth Initiative since its founding in 2001, is moving to IBM to take a position as chief healthcare officer.
The Michigan Health and Hospital Association has signed a three-year contract with the ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization to provide its members with patient safety data collection and analysis.
A University of Iowa physician and operations expert has put the university's electronic medical record system to work on boosting efficiencies in the operating room and in scheduling patients for anesthesia.
A recent study finds clinicians often override the built-in medication alerts in e-prescribing systems and instead rely on their own judgments.
One year ago, Merge Healthcare was shedding assets and contemplating bankruptcy. Now, the Milwaukee-based developer of medical imaging software and services is enjoying healthy sales and looking overseas to continue its growth.
VNA HealthCare, a home healthcare, hospice and independent living service in Connecticut, is moving to automation.