Bernie Monegain
HIMSS award recognizes excellence in use of IT
There are many ways to go green. At Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a 550-bed teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School, John Powers, vice president of information systems, chose green tech.
Two 2010 recipients are healthcare organizations.
Canada Health Infoway is investing $380 million to fund electronic medical record systems in community-based practices and outpatient settings throughout Canada, Infoway President and CEO Richard Alvarez announced.
Health information technology has the power to drive advances in personalized medicine that will offer better-targeted treatments - and save the health system money - according to a new report from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings.
A regional health information organization formed by four Texas hospitals could serve as a model for electronic health record adoption in rural areas across the country, say its participants.
Hospitals across the country are on track to meet 2011 meaningful use criteria set by the federal government, according to new data from HIMSS Analytics. Nearly a quarter of the participating hospitals reported they could achieve 10 or more of the 14 required meaningful use core requirements.
Mercy Memorial Hospital System, a 238-bed community hospital in metropolitan Detroit, will replace its legacy technology with an enterprise-wide health information technology system. The move is aimed at making it possible for the hospital, its 200 staff physicians and post-acute care providers to connect and collaborate for a team approach to care.
A hospital in Illinois known as “Good Sam” and a healthcare consulting group in Florida are among the seven 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winners. And information technology is at the core of operations for both.
2011 is shaping up as an exciting moment for the people who work in healthcare information technology and who recognize IT’s promise – and its limitations.