Health Data Management articles from June 2004

Health Data Management archives from June 2004

Today's CFOs Dive Into I.T.
June 1, 2004... I always look forward to attending the Healthcare Financial Management Association's Annual National Institute in June because it's almost like a family reunion. Back in the 1980s, I got to know many CFOs and other financial executives who were...

FDA Takes a Look at e-Diary Data.
June 1, 2004... In recent years, a small but growing number of clinical trials have adopted electronic diaries as the medium for patients to record their daily health status. The trend has not gone unnoticed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency...

I.T. Indispensable to Human Genome Researchers.
June 1, 2004... In late 2000, gene researchers announced an enormous accomplishment-the mapping of the human genome. The achievement came at least four years ahead of schedule because the federal government was pumping money into the project, researchers were...

Disaster Contingency Plans: What Docs Need to Do.
June 1, 2004... Several years ago, on a Friday afternoon, the administrator at a physician group practice on the West Coast called consultant Steven Lazarus with a problem. The staff was trying to run its billing application, but the disk drive was corrupt....

Hospital Puts 'For Rent' Sign on Data Center.(Montefiore Medical Center offers hosting information systems for other hospitals)
June 1, 2004... In the late 1990s, Montefiore Medical Center in New York implemented a wireless network to enable clinicians to remotely access patient data via PDAs, using technology that many hospitals only now are starting to adopt. Soon, the hospital's...

Pay-As-You-Go Contract Enables Hospital to Go Live for 'Free'.
June 1, 2004... Last Dec. 18, Parkview Adventist Medical Center went live with a picture archiving and communication system as part of an effort to expand its imaging services while simultaneously going filmless. That same day, the 55-bed hospital switched on...

Newsline Digest.
June 1, 2004... HDM Wins Best News, Feature Story Daily coverage of health care information technology news and trends on the Health Data Management Web site was honored with the 2004 Gold Award for Best Online News Section by the American Society of...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
June 1, 2004... Health Data Management's May 2004 Special Report, titled "Uncertainty Clouds Online, Real-Time World," contained inaccurate information. It should have stated that Queens City Physicians Ltd. pays athenahealth Inc., which handles its online...

Mobile Health News.
June 1, 2004... Vendors Selected for e-Rx Initiative WellPoint Health Networks Inc. will offer electronic prescription software from Allscripts Healthcare Solutions and Zix Corp. to 19,000 of its physicians. The Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based managed care...

Stock Chart.(Illustration)
June 1, 2004... (part 1 of 3) Price Price as on a % of 52 Health care software companies 5/10/2004 Wk High Allscripts...

Clinical Systems Move to the Head of the I.T. Class.
June 1, 2004... Vision. Mission. Journey. These terms describe how many provider organizations today view clinical information systems. Another common term they use describes their urgency: Top priority. Providers are forging ahead with plans to add or...

Sometimes Easier, Sometimes Not.
June 1, 2004... Sometimes there are few hurdles when implementing clinical information systems; sometimes there are many. Each health care organization's experience, though sharing many similarities, will be unique. Novant Health, for example, has been on...

In With the New, Out With the Old?: Providers and payers are using different strategies to extend the life of legacy information systems.
June 1, 2004... Radiology Imaging Associates of Denver has gotten its money's worth out of the radiology information system it purchased nearly two decades ago. But like many legacy systems, the grizzled veteran simply can't keep up with today's business...

Deciding When It's Time to Let Go.(legacy systems and timely updates )
June 1, 2004... Health care providers and payers go to great lengths to preserve legacy information systems, which helps explain why core functions of many organizations work off applications that are 20 years old or even older. How does an organization...

ERP ROI not PDQ but A-OK: Some providers take years to fully implement enterprise resource planning systems, but say the ROI is worth the wait.
June 1, 2004... One would think that after 10 years, Oregon Health & Sciences University and its enterprise resource planning system would be old friends. But in some ways, they're just getting to know each other. The Portland-based, two-hospital provider...

For Security Apps, Caveat Emptor: Experts offer advice on how to choose the right network security technologies.
June 1, 2004... Every morning when health care CIOs and data security experts punch into work, they can count on one thing-the barbarians are still at the gates, and they've been attacking all night. Health care organizations' computer networks constantly...

To Get What You Want, Know What You Want.(security technology implementations, needs analysis)
June 1, 2004... Security technologies are not always what they're cracked up to be-but the software's not always to blame. Oftentimes organizations never find the application they want because they don't know what they're looking for. "The single biggest...

A Wish upon a Star...(security software -- features and functionality)
June 1, 2004... Health care security experts know there are no panaceas on the marketplace, but following are a few examples of features and functionality they daydream about: * More sophisticated tools to scan encrypted e-mail and "zipped" files....

Mobile Vendors Win Hearts, Want Minds: CEOs of mobile platform vendors say CIOs believe in mobile health in theory but are struggling with it in practice.
June 1, 2004... Paul Brient no longer is a missionary. Two years ago, Brient, president and CEO of Brighton, Mass.-based PatientKeeper Inc., spent much of his time selling the concept of his company's mobile computing platform and administrative and clinical...

PDAs Send EKG Data Stat: A hospital uses PDAs to speed cardiac data from ambulance to emergency room.(electrocardiogram info sent via personal digital assistants)
June 1, 2004... When it came to caring for cardiac patients, Con-cord, N.C.-based NorthEast Medical Center decided it wasn't satisfied with being better than average. A few years ago, the provider organization concluded the average time between cardiac...

Need Seeds Homegrown CPOE: A behavioral health organization develops a computerized physician order entry application to mesh with its electronic records system.(computerized physician order entry)
June 1, 2004... If necessity is the mother of invention then determination must be its father. It was just such demanding "parents" that motivated Oakwood Center of the Palm Beaches to develop a computerized physician order entry system in-house. The West...

E-mail is Where the Heart Is: A heart specialty group uses secure e-mail technology to exchange patient data with other clinics.(Heart Institute of Spokane)
June 1, 2004... Until last fall, The Heart Institute of Spokane relied on "snail mail" and fax machines to exchange patient information with eight affiliated clinics in this eastern Washington metropolitan area. Such techniques chewed up staff time on both...

Contracts Update.(provider payer organizations and information technology health care companies and )
June 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 Senior...

Advertiser Index.(part 1 of 2)(Directory)
June 1, 2004... (part 1 of 2) Advertiser 3M Health Info Systems Ahima API Software, Inc.. Carstens Claredi Cisco CompuCaddy Cybernet Dell Computer Corp. Dell Computer Corp. Dictaphone Corp. Ergotron...

Do you agree or disagree?
June 1, 2004... "Health care CEOs, COOs and CFOs are more knowledgeable and appreciative of information technology than they were only two or three years ago. Do you agree or disagree?" AGREE John Wade Vice President/CIO Saint Luke's Health...