Enterprise Content Management
There's little question that electronic health records reduce adverse drug events and improve quality of care. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be doing everything to make sure they're as safe and as easy to use as possible, said National Coordinator for HIT, David Blumenthal, MD, at the launch of EHRevent.org, a new safety reporting system that will allow healthcare providers to report adverse issues related to the implementation and use of EHRs.
There is about a 50 percent failure rate for electronic medical record implementations, and most of those failures stem from poor planning and preparation, said a family physician who spoke at a regional extension center (REC) forum held for providers in Maine.
eClinicalWorks, maker of ambulatory clinical systems, has announced eClinicalWorks Version 9.0. This single product version provides on-demand access to all eClinicalWorks complimentary solutions, thereby creating a comprehensive EHR for enhancing and improving the quality of care for patients.
More than 40 percent of U.S. hospitals plan to invest in new health information management systems, according to a new study from healthcare technology research firm CapSite.
In an effort to boost its healthcare IT department, Philips Royal Electronics has finalized the acquisition of Brazil-based software provider Wheb Sistemas.
In a project focused on improving evidence-based care by advancing natural language processing technologies, Nuance Communications, the maker of speech-recognition software, has announced a new collaboration with IBM.
Hyland Software announced Friday that it had purchased privately-held Computer Systems Company, Inc., a Strongsville, Ohio-based provider of business and clinical healthcare software and document conversion services.
Asserting itself in a market that's become more and more crucial for healthcare, IBM is making a play in the area of data capture with its announcement Tuesday that it will acquire Datacap Inc., a privately-held company based in Tarrytown, NY.
A lot can go wrong in a paper-based, manual workflow. On the surface, the inter-office mail envelope might seem harmless, but it can lead to big problems.
On July 9th at Redwoord MedNet’s 4th Annual HIE Conference, the first publically stage multi-organization demonstration of Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Direct standards and technologies took place.