According to a new study, the expanded use of electronic medical records would substantially reduce infant mortality in the U.S. The forthcoming study is titled “Can Healthcare IT Save Babies?” and it will be published in the Journal of Political Economy. The study says that a 10 percent...
Read More →The health-care industry is in an unprecedented period of change. Corporations, hospitals, health-care providers, public officials and patients are seeking ways to improve care quality and reduce costs. These trends, coupled with health reform and game-changing technology, are transforming the ways ...
Read More →Whether or not you work in the healthcare or pharmaceutical industries, it’s worth noting the growing role of the Internet and social networks in how we make medical decisions. The fact that Americans are turning to the Internet and social networks for resources on some of our most deeply ...
Read More →COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Microsoft and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) have announced the availability of the Microsoft Health Users Group (Microsoft HUG) across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It will provide healthcare organizations and partners with an online...
Read More →Roy Schoenberg, American Well Systems www.zdnet.com(Source) After years of debate, healthcare reform is evolving from policy to reality—and already beginning to influence the behaviors of patients and healthcare providers around the country. In the effort to make healthcare more accessible and af...
Read More →The American Medical Association and four partner organizations in late April issued an updated version of “A Clinician’s Guide to Electronic Prescribing.” The organizations said the guide reflects changes in the health care environment. The original guide, published in 2008, pred...
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In an effort to reduce the use of paper-based health records, Arizona State University’s Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) is collaborating with the Arizona Health-e Connection (AzHeC) in a project to aid the adoption of electronic health records. The $1.5 million grant to ASU is a sub-a...
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www.beckershospitalreview.com When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the proposed rule for accountable care organizations at the end of March, health information technology was recognized and emphasized as a central component. Technological aspects of the proposed rule are clo...
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