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Editor's Picks
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Management consulting firm predicts tough times ahead for CIOs
Booz & Co. is warning CIOs that they will likely be less powerful and will remain on the job less than two years on average. In order to retain their leadership positions, CIOs will need to cut costs while continuing to find ways that IT can provide a strategic boost to business during the recession, says this article on Networkworld.com. [Read More]
Simulators can teach old docs new tricks
I love stories about simulators. There is something so fascinating to me about being able to use cutting-edge technology to help doctors learn surgical procedures. Here the Washington Post tells of an $8 million facility at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco that is using lifelike robots to help doctors learn and perfect surgical procedures. What's interesting here is that instead of residents using the robots, California Pacific Medical Center is targeting veteran doctors who want to learn a new technique or refine an old one. [Read More]
KLAS releases annual rankings best-performing vendors for software and professional services
The annual list includes providers of PACS, radiology systems, EMRs, cardiology systems, and application hosting. In addition to recognizing the Best in KLAS honorees, the 2008 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards report also highlights the highest-performing healthcare vendors across all market segments, known as the Top 20. This year Epic was rated number one among software vendors, while Hayes Management topped the list of services firms. Other highly rated vendors include 3M, FUJIFILM, Sunquest, and CTGHS. [Read More]
Study: Hospitals plan IT investment despite financial stresses
Despite all news to the contrary, it seems some hospitals still have some money in the coffers to continue on with critical IT projects. A new study by the American Hospital Association, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, and the National Alliance for Health Information Technology shows that despite dwindling resources, hospital execs feel they have little choice but to invest in IT. [Read More]
Happy Holidays!
From all of us at HealthLeaders Media, have a happy and safe holiday. HealthLeaders Media IT will not publish next week, but will be back December 30.
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Tech Headlines
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UCSF's cooling method a first for at-risk babies
San Francisco Chronicle - December 16, 2008
From Medicare, a push against paper
Boston Globe - December 16, 2008
Low cost incubator could save lives in developing world
New York Times - December 16, 2008
Economic package to include health tech
AP/Yahoo News - December 12, 2008
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Events & Product News
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Upright, flat panel digital radiography system released by Konica Minolta
e-Health 2009: Leadership in Action
Webcasts
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December 16, 2008: What Your Practice Is Worth: Calculating Fair Market Value
On Demand: Grow Outpatient Revenues Now: Three Impact Strategies
On Demand: Financial Meltdown: Managing Through The Crisis
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Here Come the Seniors
The 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
Web-based Patient Education Works: Contributor Charles E. Morton, III, MD, recounts his early success with switching from seminars to a web-based program for pre-, peri-, and postoperative patient education programs. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
Device Dysfunctionality: John Bardis, chairman, president and CEO of MedAssets, one of the nation's largest healthcare supply chain and revenue cycle companies, about a variety of issues facing healthcare, not the least of which is the cost equation, which is unsustainable long term. Bardis talks about the dysfunctional economy, his challenges in running a now-public company, and the institutionalized lack of transparency in medical device pricing, which he believes leads to irrational high costs in healthcare. [Listen Now] |
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