Interoperability
Hospital executives and patients agree that healthcare needs a revamp, and they're looking to information technology to make that happen, according to a recent survey. But when it comes to their technology desires and concerns there are some differences.
Lack of resources, lack of internal control over patient information and lack of training leaves many healthcare organizations ill-prepared to address privacy and security risks and medical fraud, according to a new report by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) says it's time for the ONC to address the governance of standard vocabularies and terminology for the meaningful use program.
Promoting a two-heads-are-better-than-one approach, Baylor Health System's David Muntz and consultant Stuart Gardner called for greater collaboration between IT departments and clinical engineering during a Tuesday afternoon session at HIMSS11.
Experts from 28 of the nation's leading health systems have developed an industry standard information management capability roadmap for coordinating accountable care, Premier Healthcare Alliance announced Friday.
The Health Information Trust Alliance has designated PricewaterhouseCoopers US as a Common Security Framework Assessor, qualified to evaluate and certify security standards of CSF-related services.
Getting rural providers, including critical access hospitals, to adopt electronic medical records is a monumental challenge, as the healthcare industry and advocates of healthcare IT are experiencing.
Medical Informatics Engineering, which has carved out a healthy niche for itself as a regional EHR player in the Midwest, has about 68 employees. Cerner, by comparison, has nearly 8,000.
Analysts offer their hints on the top trends and tricks for the coming year
The idea of creating a new data center or expanding an existing one brings to mind futuristic images of computer experts working with dazzling high-tech equipment to feed their ever-increasing need for data processing capabilities.