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Letter to the Editor in response to story, "Docs trained with IT say without it they feel vulnerable" and response to BCBS' list of what was needed for healthcare reform.
The year 2009 may just be the turn of a calendar page for some, but to us here at Healthcare IT News the new year represents infinite possibility.
Comparing the effectiveness of various drugs, treatments and devices will be the key to reining in out-of-control healthcare costs, according to top healthcare leaders who spoke at the eHealth Initiative's Fifth Annual Conference last month.
It's the new year, and soon-to-be President Barack Obama isn't the only one saying, "Yes we can." During Obama's aggressive transition period, groundwork has already been laid for healthcare reform that will include healthcare IT advancement as a key principle.
President-elect Barack Obama made it formal. Former Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota is his nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Obama also named Daschle to lead a White House healthcare reform team, with Jean Lambrew as deputy director.
Healthcare providers often don't have the money, time or experience to properly install and manage new IT systems.
That's where The Breakaway Group comes in.
A new study has found that physicians who receive training in a technology-rich environment but go on to work in a less modern facility feel they can't provide safe, efficient care as they could have with information technology.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has tapped AT&T Business Solutions for a multi-million-dollar group of projects focused on networking and wireless applications.The association...
Health information could be accessible around the clock if all the data we had to deal with had only two digits to the right of the decimal place.
Clients challenged Integrated Informatics to come up with a better way to handle pharmacy orders without breaking the bank. In other words: "Fix our faxes, don't replace them."S...