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Editor's Picks
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Little Benefit Seen, So Far, in Electronic Health Records
Government policies should focus on helping physicians, hospitals, and public health programs use electronic health records more effectively because right now there is little difference in the cost and quality of care in hospitals with advanced EHRs and those without computerized systems, according to this New York Times article. It highlights a new report that compares 3,000 hospitals at various stages in the adoption of electronic health records. The report led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and Massachusetts General Hospital compared the hospitals’ performance on quality metrics for congestive heart failure, for example. It found that hospitals with advanced EHRs met best-practice standards for CHF 87.8% of the time, hospitals with more basic EHR systems met standards 86.7% of the time, and those without EHRs met standards 85.9% of the time. [Read More]
Stethoscope uses Bluetooth technology
A new stethoscope developed by Maplewood, MN-based 3M Co. and Stamford, CT-based Zargis Medical can wirelessly transfer sound waves from the heart and lungs directly to a computer using Bluetooth technology. The software can help physicians identify heart murmurs or other ailments. [Read More]
CCHIT Chair Announces Retirement
Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, is retiring from his position as chair of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology on March 31, 2010. The CCHIT Board of Trustees will start a national search for a successor led by Frank Trembulak, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Geisinger Health System. [Read More]
Happy Thanksgiving!
From all of us at HealthLeaders Media, have a happy Thanksgiving holiday. HealthLeaders Media IT will not publish next week, but will be back December 1. |
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Tech Headlines
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Nurses Use iTouch and iPhones to Communicate and Stay Connected
Sarah Kearns, for HealthLeaders Media, November 13, 2009
No psychiatrist nearby? Turn on the screen
Detroit Free Press, November 17, 2009
Five Ways to Prevent Patient Information Breaches
Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media, November 16, 2009
Quality Forum Releases Health IT Data Framework
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, November 16, 2009
Blumenthal Urges Industry To Tackle Data Exchange Barriers
iHealthBeat, November 17, 2009 |
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Webcasts
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December 17, 2009: Women's Health: Building a More Profitable Service Line With Existing Assets
December 3, 2009: Marketing Cardiology: Service Line Strategies for Marketers
November 17, 2009: Service Lines Strategies Workshop 2009: Stroke Care
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Carving Out a New CEO Model
Responding to heightened scrutiny and reimbursement cuts, healthcare CEOs are becoming increasingly interactive with a growing list of constituents. [Read More]
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IT Forum
Supply Chain Management in an Era of Healthcare Reform: Healthcare reform is coming. Regardless of the specifics of the plan, the future will surely focus on informing the patient, will most certainly further constrain revenues, and will likely increase patient throughput. With all that said, leadership can expect significant challenges during the coming reform period. In the current environment and the one to come, provider executives must continue to find the means to do more with less. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
Green Solution to Dispose of Medical Waste: David Freedman, president of Medical Innovations Inc., discusses their medical waste technology that converts regulated medical waste to ordinary non-regulated waste on site. The technology reduces the volume of waste by roughly 75% on average and has reduced small medical group practices and solo practitioners medical waste costs by as much as 90%. [Listen Now]
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