Health Data Management articles from April 2006

Health Data Management archives from April 2006

Publishing in the Internet Era.(Electronic periodicals for health data management)
April 1, 2006... It's been 13 years now since we published the first edition of this magazine. A lot has changed in the publishing business since then. The Internet has had a huge impact on publishing, just as it has on health care. Because I was an...

Blue Cross Funds Patient Safety Initiatives.
April 1, 2006... Entering the final phase of implementing a closed-loop medication management system, Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg, Pa., wants to be a model for community hospitals across the nation. Since 2004, the 192-bed facility has gone...

AMGA Data Mining Project to Provide Outcomes, Benchmarks.(American medical group association)
April 1, 2006... The American Medical Group Association is embarking on an initiative to create a huge collaborative data warehouse that eventually will house longitudinal data on more than 8 million patients. The data warehouse will enable group practices...

HIMSS Wrap-Up 2006.(Healthcare information and management systems society)
April 1, 2006... HEALTH I.T. CZAR GIVES UPDATE During a press conference following his Feb. 13 keynote address at the 2006 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, David Brailer, M.D., national health information technology coordinator, touched on a...

Newsline Digest.(Health care information services)
April 1, 2006... FEDS DETAIL BULK PROVIDER ID PROCESS The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued information explaining the process of bulk enumeration of the national provider identifier. Also known as Electronic File Interchange, bulk...

Stock Chart.(Statistics of health care software companies)(Table)
April 1, 2006... (part 1 of 3) Price Price as on a % of 52 Health care software companies 3/3/2006 Wk High ...

What's on the Minds of CIOs?(Chief information officers)
April 1, 2006... Senior EditorContrary to what the Rolling Stones might say, sometimes you can get what you want and what you need. That's true these days of information technology for health care CIOs who often view their wants and needs as items on the same...

Integration, 'Apple Pie' I.T. are Key.(Information technology)
April 1, 2006... As CIO at Albemarle Hospital, Steve Clark just wants some basic information technology improvements, what he calls "motherhood and apple pie types" of technology. His list includes refreshing the server farm at the 182-bed not-for-profit...

Wish Lists: More and Better Tools.(Sophisticated tools for medical care )
April 1, 2006... CIOs have down-to-earth goals for their I.T. wish lists. In addition to specific technology they would like to see in their organizations, they also have hopes for refinements among some existing technologies, such as radio frequency...

Tablet PCs in the Spotlight: Though they aren't the device of choice for all care settings, tablets are finding their niche.(Personal computers)
April 1, 2006... Nurses at Susquehanna Health System have been using Tablet PCs for nearly two years. Information technology executives at the Williamsport, Pa.-based delivery system purchased the mobile devices, from Austin, Texas-based Motion Computing Inc.,...

Putting the Finger on Security.
April 1, 2006... Tablet PCs present a unique security threat. The devices, unlike PDAs, can run complex applications such as electronic records software. So losing one would create a greater security problem than losing a PDA, for example, that provides access...

Patients Taking a Tablet a Day.(Usage of tablet computers)
April 1, 2006... Harlingen, Texas-based Valley Baptist Health System isn't using Tablet PCs for clinical care, but the devices have found a niche in its waiting rooms. Valley Baptist late last year deployed Tablet PCs to enable patients to register at its...

New Strategy: Image is Everything: Hospitals and imaging centers are learning what works and doesn't work when implementing enterprise medical imaging strategies.(Picture archiving and communication system)
April 1, 2006... Springhill Memorial Hospital in Mobile, Ala., has a long list of diagnostic imaging modalities. These modalities-including computed tomography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, mammography, computed radiography, digital X-ray, magnetic resonance...

Writing the Right RFP.(Request for proposal)
April 1, 2006... Smaller hospitals often lack in-house expertise on picture archiving and communication systems and other components of an enterprise image management strategy. Those who don't retain a consultant with expertise in image management to help...

Geographic Reach Brings Strategy Changes.(Picture archiving and communication system)
April 1, 2006... A hospital may have multiple departments operating diagnostic imaging modalities. This could include radiology, cardiology, nuclear medicine and OB-GYN, among others. Consequently, an enterprise image management strategy to centralize the...

Health Records in Your Pocket: USB tokens enable patients to carry medical information wherever they go.(Ultrasound-guided aspiration biopsy)
April 1, 2006... Cassandre Mills, R.N., has a medical condition that can cause her to lose consciousness at any time. So the operating room nurse, who works at a New York hospital, wanted to take steps to ensure that, in an emergency, her medical information...

Building I.T. on Hope and a Shoestring: Hospital uses leasing arrangements to finance a technology makeover.
April 1, 2006... When Shafiq Rab, M.D., took on the position of CIO at St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic, N.Y., in 2004, his first job was to review information systems and create a plan for the future. The 200-bed hospital would need to install a completely...

Contracts Update.
April 1, 2006... The Contracts Update section includes announcements of contracts that health care information technology companies have signed with customers in recent weeks. Contract news can be sent to Health Data Management by electronic mail to:...

Advertiser Index.(Web sites)(Directory)
April 1, 2006... Advertiser/Site Addresses Page # AGFA www.agfa.com/healthcare 61 AHIP www.ahip.org/conferences/institute2006 64 ARINC www.arinc.com/hdm ...

Do you agree or disagree?(Health information services)(Discussion)
April 1, 2006... "David Brailer's recent comments that most RHIOs eventually will become advisory/governing bodies that determine regional rules on sharing data will lead to confusion about the mission of RHIOs and make it difficult to build support for these...