In Nov 2010 InformationWeek, published a Strategy Report in the development of over 200 Health Information Exchanges(HEI) in the US. A HEI ensure that all those providing care to a patient have the most up to date and comprehensive information possible in a secure manner. The expected results being: faster decision making for the patient, [...]
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Electronic Health Records and Hospital Quality: Reading beyond the WSJ headlines
In a late December Wall Street Journal article if you only read the headline, you would get the impression that the value of an Electronic Health Record is quite limited, that the investment in technology in Health Care is not a good use of resources and that this conclusion is supported by noted researchers. BUT [...]
Healthcare To Pair Well With Bluetooth 4.0
Often when we think of mobile Health we focus on mobile as in cellular devices however there is a great deal innovation taking place in other areas of this market that will have impact beyond the iPhone. Bluetooth is one of these technologies that is a rather silent but potentially huge game changer. When most [...]
GE Launches Centricity Advance EMR SaaS
Leveraging the acquisition of MedPlexus, GE today announced the launch of Centricity Advanced, a SaaS EMR including physician office management with an integrated patient portal. This is an interesting release in that rather than porting an EMR from the client server world, Centricity Advance has been designed and built as a native web application and [...]
Study concludes CPOE saves lives
The Wall Street Journal has reported that a study conducted at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford concludes what many in the industry have believed for years; that the implementation of CPOE can have a meaningful and immediate result on patient outcomes. The study found that monthly mortality rates dropped by 20% to .7 [...]
Gov 2.0 meets Healthcare
On June 4th, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officially launched a public sector / private sector collaboration dubbed: The Community Health Data Initiative (CHDI). The initiative will make data sets pertaining to public health open and easily accessible.It is hoped that this will result in innovative, creative and practical uses to [...]
US Military Health System declares EHR a Strategic Priority
The US Military Health System has released a new 5 year Strategic Plan that has two main goals: redesigning the MHS IT architecture and delivering a robust Electronic Health Record. Furthermore the plan is focused on enabling collaboration among the armed services, Tricare the services’ health plan organization, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the MHS [...]
Microsoft Health Tech Today
Microsoft has launched an online Heatlhcare Technology show: “Health Tech Today with Dr. Bill Crounse is a monthly online series providing cutting-edge stories at the intersection of health and information technology. The show features informative interviews with some of the world’s top health leaders; compelling health-related personal stories; and the latest technology and IT innovations.” [...]
HealthVault Solutions Conference 2008 Materials
For those of you unable to attend or just plain curious, Microsoft has posted the HealthVault Solutions Conference presentations here.
Medicine 2.0 Conference: Presenters, Abstracts, and Papers posted
An impressive list of presentations has been released and posted on the Medicine 2.0 Conference site for the September 4-5 Toronto event. Early bird registration expires June 30th, so if you are interested in attending best to save the $100 and ensure you get a ticket!
