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2007

Healthcare IT: In wake of Harvard study, experts call for new RHIO funding model
Wisconsin Technology Network, December 17, 2007
Electronic patient data exchange between hospitals and other clinical settings has been cited as a critical component of improving medical care, especially in emergency room settings, but the report raises fresh doubts about whether the goal is achievable unless changes are made.

HHS takes new steps to bring health technology to Americans
NephrOnline, November 14, 2007
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced today that the department, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is proposing rules to adopt new standards to advance the use of electronic prescribing for formulary and benefit as well as medication history transactions used under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

MedConnect Symposium To Highlight Portable Health Info
The Daily News, October 10, 2007
Scott Messmore, the institute's former CEO-in-residence who helped launch the Center for Healthcare Technology two years ago, foresees a future in which people will have portable health care information.

Wireless system allows hospital computers to easily track patients
Zwire, September 26, 2007
Around the world, health organizations ranging from single-doctor practices to entire countries have turned to Cerner for its technical and intuitive solutions. Cerner offers a universal design framework that enables clinician workflow to seamlessly span role and venue, which is important, because health care applications are mission-critical.

Quality assessment at all EMR adoption levels
Modern Healthcare, August 16, 2007
Many benefits are associated with the widespread adoption of interoperable electronic medical-record systems. Automation and cost-effective clinical-quality-performance measurement are perhaps among the most important.

Why is State Hospital Health IT in Such a Mess?
Australian Health Information Technology, July 24, 2007
Medical software developers and computer systems integrators have already been briefed on the project at least once before.

VRM: The User as Point of Integrations
joeandrieu, June 14, 2007
This is a profound shift that has some interesting parallels with a concept in AI called “stigmergy” and with a bit of classic Einstein becomes a totally new way to think about next generation systems design. In other words VRM changes the landscape in a way that not only makes life better for individuals, it profoundly improves the information architecture that modern society depends on.

Planning, Early Support Keys to EMR Success, Execs Say
Computerworld, May 18, 2007
At last week’s Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s Virtual Conference & Expo, IT executives who have overseen successful EMR and other health IT projects offered tips for health care firms looking to implement such systems.

Patient safety tops IT priorities in CIO poll
eHealth Insider, April 16, 2007
The 18th Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) survey of CIOs found that safety issues remained the respondents’ prime concern both for now and for the future. A total of 360 CIOs responded representing over 700 hospitals.

Health IT
Information Technology Process Institute, March 14, 2007
This drive to implement electronic medical record (EMR) systems and the increasing level of automation in terms of data collection and medical devices is truly stunning for anyone watching it happen.  What is profoundly concerning to me is that this technology is being implemented at a breakneck pace and not all organizations are paying sufficient attention to processes.

Physician-Based EMRs Improve Efficiency, Thus Boosting Widespread Uptake
SYS-Con Media, February 21, 2007
"Though the market mostly contains early- adopters, physicians continue to obtain and seek further information that espouses the benefits of an EMR, emphasizing its importance in the role of care delivery, and thus, boosting demand for the technology."

Questcon Technologies' Customer Misys Healthcare Systems Honored with InfoWorld 100 Win
Triangle Business News, January 4, 2007
The InfoWorld 100 honors companies that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further their business initiatives. Winners were selected for their use of solutions that stretched beyond the typical, off-the-shelf offering, using multiple technologies in innovative ways to serve well-defined business goals.

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