Healthcare IT News
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Apr 26, 12 05:38AMBy the end of the year, it’s projected that there will be more medical devices on our planet than people. One look at a doctor’s belt (or a teenager’s bookbag or purse, for that ma tter...
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Feb 28, 12 03:02PMA recent survey of British corporate finance officers suggested the chief information officer position would disappear from the business landscape in the next five years - or at least be transformed b eyond...
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Nov 30, 11 06:04AMToday’s healthcare landscape is changing dramatically, and one of the driving forces behind that change is the mobile health industry. From smartphones to medical devices, consumer-facing port als...
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Nov 22, 11 10:19AMThis past week I had the pleasure of traveling, along with MedTech Media Editorial Director Rich Pizzi, to Amelia Island, Fla. for the inaugural HIMSS Leaders & Innovators conference. There, a sel ect...
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Nov 08, 11 05:39AMIf you can read this entire story without breaking away to answer your phone, check your e-mail, blog, tweet, refill your coffee cup or update your fantasy football roster, you’re lucky. And y ou...
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Nov 04, 11 07:27AMWith this post, HITECHWatch is calling it a day. Or, in the interest of journalistic accuracy, just a little over two years and two months. In many ways, the decision to shutter this blog aptly reflec ts...
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Nov 03, 11 09:21AMOn the matter of EHR safety, there seems to be some disagreement. According to a recent survey, doctors are increasingly inclined to consider EHRs safer than paper records, but patients aren’t q uite...
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Nov 02, 11 06:55AMInvestments are often risky, but the current huge investment in health IT seems to bring a particularly unique risk. Why? Well, because when you come right down to it it’s not always clear what the...
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Nov 01, 11 06:21AMSeparately, doctors and patients are facing a steep learning curve as the HIT transition continues. But the biggest problem looming may be the one that the two camps can only solve together. As this doctor...
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Oct 31, 11 11:06AMWhen the topic of protecting patient data comes up, the discussion usually concerns how best to protect information from being stolen or inappropriately accessed. But that’s the easy part of th e...
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