Workflow
Electronic Health Records
The department of emergency medicine at the University of Maryland uses imaging-oriented technology as a virtual specialist in the ER.
Data Warehousing
Some 4,000 physician and nurse candidates have been entered into the Chicago hospital's hiring system, with a nearly 90 percent completion rate, the director of talent acquisition says.
Analytics
The UK's new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care says tech transformation is coming to the National Health Service as he pledges big investments.
Electronic Health Records
The American Medical Association and MedStar Health examined how physicians used Cerner and Epic electronic health records, and found a lot variability that could impact safety.
Accountable Care
Health system uses communications platform to go from a 65 percent patients seen rate for case managers to 91 percent – with a reduced number of FTEs, official says.
Workflow
After HHS shut down the AHRQ site with two decades of medical information, ECRI announced it will make the evidence-based materials available.
Analytics
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes a new rule to combat note bloat, improve patient safety, advanced analytics and enable IT innovation.
IT Infrastructure
Employees fell victim to a targeted phishing campaign, which may have exposed sensitive data for some patients, including Social Security numbers and health insurance information.
Accountable Care
Organization plans to expand beyond MSSP with new commercial contracts, Medicare Advantage contracts, and commercial ACO products with other payers.
Electronic Health Records
New research determines that the time has come to finally replace those old analog devices.