Health Data Management articles from May 2009

Health Data Management archives from May 2009

Letter to the Editor.(Newsline)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Donald E. White Health Data Management's April 2009 issue was full of information technology successes. Very helpful to us health care managers. Thanks! Your readers need to beware of the clever new "bedside documentation...

Tampa Seeks $18 Million to Automate Thousands of Docs.(Newsline)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Joseph Goedert Stakeholders in Tampa Bay will be seeking $18 million in economic stimulus funds to convert all physicians in the 10-county region to electronic prescribing and educate them on migrating to full electronic health...

Piecing Together Medication Administration; 'Closing the loop' calls for many technologies. But there's no consensus on 'best practices.'.(Cover Story - Patient Safety Series)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor This is part two of a three-part series on patient safety. Part three, on clinical decision support for physician group practices, will appear in the October issue. When it comes to using...

A small hospital gets the ball rolling.(Cover Story - Patient Safety Series)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor When CEO John Moore of 25-bed Hiawatha (Kan.) Community Hospital saw a TV report about medication errors, he decided to investigate affordable ways for the tiny hospital to quickly address the...

Tackling medication reconciliation.(Cover Story - Patient Safety Series)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor For many hospitals, medication reconciliation is a paper-intensive process. That's because using information systems to track all prescribed and over-the-counter drugs a patient takes before,...

Niche Care, Niche I.T. Specialty clinics and hospitals pose unique EHR challenges. But the leaders are making real headway.(Feature - EHR Achievement Series)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Gary Baldwin, Editorial Director This is the third story in a 6-part series that highlights the accomplishments of industry leaders in implementing electronic health records. Part 1 focused on academic medical centers and Part 2...

Seeing Everything at Any Time; El Camino Hospital will aggregate medical, operational and administrative data in real-time.(Hospitals)
May 1, 2009... Byline: John McCormick, Contributing Editor El Camino Hospital, the pioneering Silicon Valley hospital that was one of the first in the country to implement a computerized physician order entry system, is again looking to push the edge of...

Will the EHR Incentives Work? Some clinics await more details about precisely how the program will work.(Group Practices)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor Plenty of consultants, analysts and software vendors are urging physician group practices to begin work immediately on selecting an electronic health records system. That's because clinics need...

Using Data to Change Processes; How data mining paves the way for changing the practice of medicine and also improving quality.(Clinical Quality Reporting)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor Data mining can be the foundation for meaningful changes in the practice of medicine. Inova Health System has evidence that proves this is far more than just a hypothesis. The Falls Church,...

Is Sam's Club a Game-Changer?(A Closer Look)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Howard Anderson and Joseph Goedert Wal-Mart Inc.'s decision to sell electronic health records and practice management software through its Sam's Club stores could bring big changes for physicians and vendors, says Vinson Hudson,...

State Starts Health Records Bank Pilots.(Newsline)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Joseph Goedert The Washington State Health Care Authority has launched three pilot projects to test the feasibility of health records banks. The pilots will take place in Bellingham with St. Joseph Hospital Foundation and The...

Who Owns Electronic Data?(Newsline)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Joseph Goedert As the volume of electronic medical information increases, particularly if federal stimulus efforts to boost health information technology are successful, the issue of who owns the electronic data must be clarified,...

Industry Vets Call for Medicaid Network.(Newsline)
May 1, 2009... Byline: Joseph Goedert More than a dozen industry stakeholders and former policymakers are urging quick development of a national Medicaid performance and quality reporting network. In an open letter, these proponents also call for...