Quality and Safety
To make sure patients are safe, hospitals have to put their CPOE systems to the test, warned healthcare industry watchdog The Leapfrog Group in a report released in July. Leapfrog, one of the strongest advocates in healthcare for the use of CPOE – computerized provider order entry – called on the federal government to make testing mandatory.
Because he thinks in stories, Atul Gawande - surgeon, author, professor - started his recent lecture about the costs and failures of the country's healthcare system with a story about a middle-aged car mechanic in Alabama.
The Wisconsin Health Information Organization is working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to release CMS' Medicare data and add the information to its WHIO Health Analytics Exchange, according to executive director Julie Bartels.
A specialized imaging technique called magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) may help diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disorder caused by repetitive head trauma that today can only be definitively diagnosed at autopsy, according to a study presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
Sixty-five hospitals recognized for best performance in patient safety and quality for 2010 - an award that hinges heavily on IT use - were announced Wednesday by watchdog organization The Leapfrog Group.
In a move execs say will save money and headaches - and will be especially useful in the healthcare industry - HP on Tuesday introduced the first unified system to accelerate the reliable, secure delivery of software applications and services across heterogeneous environments.
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has reported clinical and administrative success with CSC's Clinical Information Portal. The trust completed a proof of concept (PoC) evaluation of the portal as an alternative to paper case notes.
As it aims to strengthen its position in the point-of-care market, information services firm Wolters Kluwer Health announced Monday that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries has entered into an agreement to acquire Pharmacy OneSource, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider to hospitals.
The age that women should begin screening for breast cancer continues to be a hot-button issue, but a new study presented Monday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America concludes that women with a personal history of breast cancer should consider annual screening with MRI in addition to mammography.
The growth trend of computed tomography in emergency rooms across the country shows that by 2011, nearly 20 percent of all emergency department (ED) visits may involve a CT exam, according to a new study presented Monday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).