Network Infrastructure
Promoting a two-heads-are-better-than-one approach, Baylor Health System's David Muntz and consultant Stuart Gardner called for greater collaboration between IT departments and clinical engineering during a Tuesday afternoon session at HIMSS11.
Experts from 28 of the nation's leading health systems have developed an industry standard information management capability roadmap for coordinating accountable care, Premier Healthcare Alliance announced Friday.
Analysts offer their hints on the top trends and tricks for the coming year
The idea of creating a new data center or expanding an existing one brings to mind futuristic images of computer experts working with dazzling high-tech equipment to feed their ever-increasing need for data processing capabilities.
Charles Christian, CIO of Good Samaritan Hospital, a 232-bed hospital in Vincennes, Ind., 2010 John E. Gall CIO of the Year Award, Fellow of both CHIME and HIMSS, Formerly served on the CHIME Board of Trustees and is a past chairman of the HIMSS Board of Directors
Health information technology has the power to drive advances in personalized medicine that will offer better-targeted treatments - and save the health system money - according to a new report from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings.
Charles E. Christian, CIO of Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind. has been named CIO of the Year by CHIME and HIMSS.
"This year, significant strides were made in health information technology," David Blumenthal, MD, the national health IT coordinator, wrote in his blog detailing health IT achievements for 2010.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the largest healthcare payer in the country, has released a plan for upgrading its computer and data systems with the aim of providing better care. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandates the overhaul.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology plans to sponsor an open community of practice for developers of health IT to create solutions to challenges that prevent rapid and widespread meaningful use of electronic health records.