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| Thursday, 01 July 2010 07:00 |
Worth a Read: Articles of Interest to the Healthcare IT FieldRowing Together Hospitals and health systems nationwide are moving rapidly to put into place teams of clinical informaticists in order to move forward on meaningful use under the ARRA-HITECH Act. But, say clinical informaticists and CIOs at pioneering hospital organizations, it takes years to develop the kinds of synergy that will be needed to achieve the kinds of optimization of clinical IT that organizations are hoping for.
Usable Health IT for Physicians By: John Silva, Nancy Seybold, and Marion Ball Healthcare Informatics, July, 2010 A physician-specific point-of-care system that continuously adapts to practice patterns can potentially result in dramatic improvements to the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery.
2010 ‘Most Wired Hospitals’ Announced Hospitals & Health Networks, July, 2010 The Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking study, conducted annually by Hospitals and Health Networks, has named the "Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" for 2010. The survey included new questions about meaningful use.
HIEs Poised for Growth, Change By: Mike Miliard Healthcare IT News, July 1, 2010 A recent in-depth assessment of health information exchange (HIE) vendors from IDC Health Insights is predicting "significant growth over the next 12 months or so," according to Lynne Dunbrack, program director at IDC Health Insights. Designing EMRs with Paper and Pencils By: Mike Miliard Healthcare IT News, July 1, 2010 When the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released its report "Electronic Health Record Usability: Vendor Practices and Perspectives" this past spring, its first words of warning were that design and ease of use were major sticking points. |
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