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Editor's Picks
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Economy takes its toll on (some) CIO salaries
While the salary of your average IT executive has been hit hard over the past year, dropping more than 6%, a new study shows that those CIOs at the top of the tech ladder are still raking in the bucks. [Read More]
President-elect Barack Obama outlines massive EHR effort
It's certainly an ambitious plan. President-elect Obama has proposed a plan to make all health records standardized and electronic in the next five years. Unfortunately, the huge cost of digitizing every American's health records combined with a shortage of skilled workers in this area could cause some big headaches along the way. [Read More]
Kentucky to put medical records online
The University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Northern Kentucky University announced a plan to head a $500 million effort to put all the state's medical records online. Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo's plan is to turn the state into a "national laboratory" to determine whether implementing health information technology will cut healthcare costs and improve people's health. [Read More]
Study: Spending on health IT would generate 212,105 jobs
President-elect Barack Obama's plan to make a $10 billion investment in health information technology as part of his economic recovery package would create or retain 212,105 jobs in one year, says a Washington think tank. [Read More]
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Tech Headlines
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Government pushes electronic family tree for good health
AP/Yahoo News - January 13, 2009
Report: U.S. health information technology falls short
Reuters/Yahoo News - January 12, 2009
Hospitals scale back on robots, infusion devices in tough economy
Wall Street Journal (blog) - January 9, 2009
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Events & Product News
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NextMed: Design for/the Well Being
SonoSite introduces S-Women's Health ultrasound tool
Webcasts
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February 12, 2009: Incentive-Based Compensation Plans to Enhance Physician Performance
January 28, 2009: Strategic Marketing Lessons from Other Industries: 5 Innovative Ideas that Work
On Demand: Service Line Strategies Workshop 2009: Women's Health
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Here Come the SeniorsThe influx of baby boomer patients promises to increase the already high demand for senior services. But the prospect of expanding a service line that relies so heavily on Medicare has some hospital leaders jittery. [Read More]
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IT Forum
Key Trends and Implications for 2009: HealthLeaders Media contributor Steven T. Valentine discusses 10 trends that will have a significant impact on the healthcare delivery system, and where senior leaders and board members should be concentrating their efforts in the difficult year ahead. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
Too Much Information: Jerry Miller, MD, is the founder of the Holston Medical Group in Kingsport, TN. His multi-specialty practice was among the first pioneers to see the value of an EMR. At the 2008 HealthLeaders Media Top Leadership Teams Conference, Miller said the reason was not complicated: there is only so much information you can keep in a physician's head. [Listen Now] |
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