Health Data Management articles from April 2004

Health Data Management archives from April 2004

Patient Safety Still Driving I.T. Demand.
April 1, 2004... Add two more surveys to the growing list of evidence that the issue of medical errors prevention/patient safety is the biggest factor affecting information technology decisions in health care over the long haul. Health Data Management's...

HIMSS Survey: Security, Safety Top Concerns.(Healthcare Information Management Systems Society)
April 1, 2004... Improving data security and increasing patient safety are the top information technology priorities this year for CIOs and I.T. directors at provider organizations, according to the 15th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, sponsored by Superior...

Electronic Records: Will Washington Pay?(Health care industry)
April 1, 2004... President Bush's one-sentence endorsement of computerized medical records during his State of the Union address in January got the attention of the health care industry. Further, his proposed 2005 budget includes $100 million to fund...

Do Banks Fall Under HIPAA?(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)(Department of Health and Human Services)
April 1, 2004... In recent months, banks and other financial institutions have lobbied the Department of Health and Human Services to be exempt from requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Whether banks should be...

2004 I.T. Staffing Needs.(Healthcare Information Management Systems Society)(information technology)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Network Support: 31% Clinical Transformation: 25% Clinical Champions: 24% Clinical Informaticists: 24% Data Security: 21% Application Support: 19% Process/Workflow Design: 19% PC/Server Support: 16% Source:...

Newsline Digest.
April 1, 2004... Editor's Note: All stories in this month's Newsline Digest are the result of original reporting by editorial staff attending the 2004 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition, held Feb. 22-26 in...

Mobile Health News.
April 1, 2004... Editor's Note: All stories in this month's Mobile Health News are the result of original reporting by editorial staff attending the 2004 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition, held Feb. 22-26 in...

Stock Chart.(Illustration)
April 1, 2004... (part 1 of 3) Health care software companies: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Cerner Corp. CPSI Eclipsys Corp. Health Management Systems IDX Systems Corp. IMS HEALTH McKesson Mediware Information...

Piecing Together the Planning Puzzle.(health care organizations)
April 1, 2004... Health care information technology departments, like a recent U.S. president, often have been accused of lacking "the vision thing." Many health care organizations do some type of strategic planning to envision certain overall business...

Survey: CIOs Stay Focused on Patient Safety.(Chief Information Officers)
April 1, 2004... CIOs at hospitals and integrated delivery systems continue to focus on reducing medical errors, according to the Health Data Management 2004 CIO Survey. Nearly 40% of the CIOs and other executives who completed the survey said the main...

Crunching Data: The Key to Six Sigma Success.(Health care industry)
April 1, 2004... Six Sigma quality programs work, but success hinges on how seriously an organization takes its quality improvement efforts. Quality improvement programs come and go in health care and other industries. Many CIOs remember the days when Total...

Becoming a Believer.(adopting Six Sigma)
April 1, 2004... When Vytra Health Plans was considering adopting Six Sigma to improve the quality of its processes, Russell Esposito wasn't one of the cheerleaders. "I was one of the biggest skeptics at the beginning, believing it was the latest fad,"...

When the Going Gets Tough...(Health care industry)(Six Sigma)
April 1, 2004... Even an organization that believes it is committed to Six Sigma can start having doubts. After its first 18 months of using the methodology, executives at Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, had not seen a return on investment. They...

Tech Tutors: How to Teach at the C-Level: CIOs are finding that investing time in educating executives about the wonderful world of technology reaps big dividends.(Chief information officers)
April 1, 2004... Sometimes CIOs adopt a role similar to a football coach when it comes to educating their "C-level" colleagues about information technology. Whether it's I.T. strategy or a specific project, they prefer to teach their CEO, CFO and other senior...

Success Requires Managing Expectations.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... It isn't enough that CIOs must inform their executive level colleagues about information technology; they also must manage higher expectations. Success might breed success, but it also can form unrealistic expectations for top management. ...

PDAs for Nothing and Your Apps for Free: Some payers are giving doctors PDAs and prescription software. But will free technology guarantee adoption?(Personal Digital Assistants)
April 1, 2004... The only person who can run a viable organization by spending millions of dollars to distribute free goods is Santa Claus. And he's a fictional character. In the realm of nonfiction, though, Boston-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of...

CPOE Vendors See Systems Taking Off: Computerized physician order entry vendor executives say the technology is on track to improve patient safety and increase efficient operations.(Computerized physician order entry)
April 1, 2004... Computerized physician order entry technology will become the rule in health care in as few as 18 months but no later than five years, vendor executives predict. Market factors including public pressure for patient safety and competition among...

Tell It to the Board.(computerized physician order entry)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Hospital CIOs occasionally must face their organizations' board of directors to make the case for large information technology projects like computerized physician order entry. Four top CPOE vendor executives differ regarding the one key point...

Contracts Update.
April 1, 2004... The Contracts Update Department features announcements of recent contracts that health care information technology companies have signed with provider and payer organizations. Please send contract announcement news releases via e-mail to...

Advertiser Index.(Advertisement)
April 1, 2004... AAHP www.aahp-hiaa.org/institute.htm 71 Amcom Software www.amcomsoft.com 68 Automating Peripherals Inc. www.api-wi.com 49 Carstens ...

Readers'Perspectives.(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 )
April 1, 2004... "The HIPAA security rule is making providers protect identifiable health information better than they would have without a mandate. Do you agree or disagree?" AGREE Leonard Ramlatchman Director of Pharmacy Northwest Missouri...