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Females, CIOs Need Not Apply Gary Baldwin, Technology Editor "The HIMSS08 keynote lineup speaks for itself," shouts a recent e-mail I got from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Intended to promote the industry's largest IT event, this claim may, instead, win the annual award for unintentional irony. The list adds up to three federal government employees, two corporate executives from software companies, and one professor. In sum, the healthcare industry's most prominent IT member association has pinned its star on a group of six white male speakers, several multi-millionaires among them. [Read More]

October 30, 2007

Editor's Picks Chicago hospital cuts the wait for mammograms Here's a story from my own back yard. Stroger Hospital, perhaps better known by its old name as Cook County Hospital, has wiped out a backlog of 11,000 mammograms after dramatically cutting down the wait time it took for women to get the breast cancer tests. Women used to have to wait up to 12 months for mammograms at Stroger, and they can now receive the tests within two to three weeks. Advanced technology is only the first step, this story reminds us. Getting it to low-income patients is another story. [Read More] Security key as health records go electronic One from the heartland. The Wichita Eagle describes how local hospitals are trying to protect their electronic data. Leaders at these hospitals note that data security issues must be resolved before electronic systems can work effectively. [Read More] Mark Frisse's policy blog Mark participated in our roundtable on IT and community hospitals. He is a compelling thinker around IT and other issues. He writes that "increasingly, one gets the feeling of a technology debate landscape that is 10 miles broad and 1 inch deep." [Read More] Tech Headlines Heart wires may pose more risk for the young Wall Street Journal (subscription required) - October 30, 2007 Medicine on demand USA Today - October 30, 2007 Computer link between Maryland facilities aims to improve care Baltimore Sun - October 30, 2007 Events & Product News IPC signs with Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital Northridge Hospital Medical Center selects MEDHOST Fujitsu completes three-year rollout of 2,500 tablet PCs to Marshfield Clinic Sponsored Headlines From AT&T Transition to Digital: More and more hospitals are going paperless. RHIO: Electronic health records could save as much as $78 billion. Improving the View: New videoconferencing technologies will benefit the enterprise. RFID: Business Revolution: Advancements in RFID are causing big changes. AHA Endorses AT&T: Hospitals need secure, digital databases--AT&T can help. From HealthLeaders Magazine Will There Be Enough Doctors? With a multitude of baby boom physicians nearing retirement and an aging U.S. population needing ever more care, how bad will the physician shortage really get-and what can you do about it? [Read More] Don't Call It a Cell Phone What's in a Name? A Lot, Actually A Dream Deferral      Qualify for a FREE Subscription IT Leaders Forum SEARHC Searches for Hospital Staffing and Scheduling Software: Contributor Joy Blanchette recounts the challenge of finding an established vendor with a proven system willing to respond to the needs of a small Alaskan provider. [Read More] Using RFID Technology for Improved Inventory Management: Contributor David Layne discusses how King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY, solved a device tracking problem in its vascular center by using RFID technology. [Read More] Audio Feature Improving IT Relations (Part III): Ed Marx, former chief information officer at University Hospitals in Cleveland, discusses how he used his "Connections" program to raise the profile of the IT staff. Through the program, IT staff shadowed clinicians on the job. Sponsor HealthLeaders Media IT Contact Lisa Brown, Director of Integrated Sales, at lbrown@healthleadersmedia.com or call 781.639.1872.

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