Study finds IT access doesn’t necessarily lead to healthier living
Date: Nov 02, 2012 Many health IT stakeholders are keen on patient engagement as one road to reaping the benefits of new technologies.
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Flawed health IT: whose fault is it?
Date: Sep 17, 2012 We spent National Health IT Week peeking through the eyes of others at possible health IT futures. So we'll start this week with the views of someone who points to a radically different future for health IT in large part by claiming that current health IT options are pretty miserable.
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Coalition seeks to spur local health IT economy
Date: Apr 26, 2012 More often than not, health IT as an economic engine is considered a topic primarily for federal policymakers.
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New Zealand report shows that modest healthcare costs and high quality can co-exist
Date: Oct 20, 2011 U.S healthcare policy-makers can look to New Zealand for a model of how to keep costs in check while delivering quality care. A report released Oct. 20 by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise explains that the southwestern Pacific island nation views healthcare as a continuum and employs electronic technologies to successfully provide integrated care service.
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A look ahead to National Health IT Week
Date: Sep 09, 2011 The Sixth Annual National Health Information Technology (NHIT) Week will be held Sept. 12-16 in Washington. Congressional representatives noted for their support of health IT are scheduled to speak at a press conference on Sept. 13 on Capitol Hill: Ted Deutch of Florida, Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, Phil Gingery of Georgia and Allison Schwartz of Pennsylvania.
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CDS vendor attracts industry executives
Date: Sep 07, 2011 Zynx Health, a provider of clinical decision support solutions, announced on Sept. 7 the appointment of two executive team members: Bill O’Connor, MD, as senior vice president of global product management and marketing; and David Cerino as executive vice president and chief operating officer.
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Health IT pioneer El Camino Hospital celebrates 50th anniversary
Date: Sep 06, 2011 El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., described in Popular Science magazine in 2009 as “the most technologically advanced hospital in the world,” marked its 50th anniversary on Sept. 1. The hospital is known for its early adoption of health information technology and other computerized systems, as well as voice-activated systems and wireless and robotic technology.
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ONC Unveils HIT Pro Competency Testing Program
Date: May 21, 2011 On May 20, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the initial release of the Health Information Technology Professionals Examinations.
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The Journey from Marcus Welby, M.D., to ACOs
Date: Apr 25, 2011 Ronald Sroka, MD, has practiced family medicine in Crofton, Md., for 32 years. At 62 years old, he's on the verge of shuttering his solo practice he can't sell or even give away. Higher costs and lower reimbursements have been forcing him in that direction, and now federal mandates in the form of EHR adoption and ACOs will likely accelerate his retirement date, which mirrors a growing trend of older solo physicians exiting medical practice.
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ONC devising best practices for EHR adoption
Date: Sep 08, 2010 If you've got a lot of money and your reputation on the line in an effort to create a huge paradigm shift in how we as an industry deliver healthcare, you need to create an infrastructure and make available the resources to support this tsunami of social and technological change. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has carefully architected such an infrastructure.
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