Meaningful Use
A medical overdose resulted in death at a Maine hospital in early June. A man who was admitted to the emergency room was initially given a drug and then given 10 times the original dose a second time when his symptoms reappeared.
At a press briefing hosted June 15 by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), industry leaders gave a thumbs up for healthcare IT advancement over the past year and offered encouragement for achieving "lofty goals."
The nation's employers can expect a 9 percent jump in medical costs in 2011, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, which details the reasons for the anticipated hike and highlights the possibility for savings over the long term - including the increasing use of electronic health records.
We're starting to see more validation for EHR implementation from multiple organizations and different segments of the healthcare delivery system. This is good news.
A recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Xerox Corp. shed light on consumers' perceptions about EHRs. While nearly half of the 2,180 people polled said EHRs would make healthcare delivery more efficient, they didn't know how it would impact them as patients.
Massachusetts General Hospital, a 900-bed care center located in the heart of Boston, has been using a new delivery service that has helped solve one piece of meaningful use.
Healthcare providers and payers face complex challenges when trying to maximize the value of their clinical data, but their expectations for clinical analytics vary significantly, according to a new study.
With the looming deadlines resulting from the HITECH Act, physicians are scrambling to choose and implement technology that will meet meaningful use guidelines certified by the Dept. of Health and Human Services.
The blockbuster merger between Allscripts and Eclipsys announced Wednesday is "a match made in heaven on a PowerPoint slide," says Sean W. Wieland, senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray. But he anticipates some rough going at the start.
The message from the HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo session "The Roadmap of EMR Adoption and IT Hospital Success" was clear: IT implementation isn't just a technology project, it's a clinical one.