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Personal health records could save $21 billion annually on a national level, asserts the latest research from the Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL), a nonprofit research center based at Partners HealthCare System in Boston.
A new study finds physicians who use an e-prescribing system with formulary decision support can boost drug cost savings.
Four Federally Qualified Health Centers in Montana are poised to connect electronically.
Neuroscientist Eve Edelstein, senior vice president of research and design at HMC Architects of Ontario, Calif., and a visiting scholar in the biological sciences at University of California-San Diego, is using neuroscience and architecture to explore the effects of hospital design on patients, visitors and staff.
A recent internal survey conducted by George Washington University Hospital shows employee satisfaction with hospital communication is up by 33 percent, thanks in part to new ways of communicating.
Editor Bernie Monegain interviews Holt Anderson, executive director of the North Carolina Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance, Inc.
By now most people in healthcare recognize the benefits of an electronic medical record systems to patient safety and care quality. Historically the costs (both hard and soft) of acquiring and implementing these solutions have limited widespread adoption in the physician office setting.
Letter to the Editor in response to story, "Docs trained with IT say without it they feel vulnerable" and response to BCBS' list of what was needed for healthcare reform.
The year 2009 may just be the turn of a calendar page for some, but to us here at Healthcare IT News the new year represents infinite possibility.
Comparing the effectiveness of various drugs, treatments and devices will be the key to reining in out-of-control healthcare costs, according to top healthcare leaders who spoke at the eHealth Initiative's Fifth Annual Conference last month.