Health Data Management articles from September 2006

Health Data Management archives from September 2006

Three Cheers for New IOM Report.
September 1, 2006... The Institute of Medicine is once again doing a good job of calling attention to the urgent need for more widespread implementation of information technology in health care. The latest IOM report, "Preventing Medication Errors," recommends...

What Will Be the Impact of Latest IOM Report?(Institute of Medicine report on electronic prescription software)
September 1, 2006... The latest report from the Institute of Medicine calls for all prescribers and pharmacies to use electronic prescription software by 2010. While some observers say this target is unrealistic and question how influential this report will be...

WellPoint Takes the Personal Health Records Leap.(plans to issue personal health records software )
September 1, 2006... WellPoint Inc.'s recent decision to offer personal health records software to all 34 million of its insured members is an initiative to empower consumers and be a "first-driver" in the industry, says Joan Kennedy, senior vice president. A...

Federal I.T. Legislation Reaches a Pivotal Point.(health care information technology bill)
September 1, 2006... More than two years after President Bush targeted widespread adoption of clinical information technology by 2014, Congress soon could pass legislation to help fund meeting that goal. The U.S. House in July passed a health I.T. bill, setting...

Assessing the Role of EMR Certification.(electronic medical records)
September 1, 2006... Government officials, electronic medical records software vendors and much of the industry hailed the first certifications in July of ambulatory electronic medical records software for meeting specific criteria for functionality,...

Newsline Digest.(Lawson Software buys Competency Assessment Solutions)(Rod Blagojevich signed an order to open patient safety division in Department of Public Health)(Arnold Schwarzenegger signed to implement information technology in the health care)
September 1, 2006... Newsline Digest presents highlights of the latest health care I.T. news as reported on the Health Data Management Web site. For extended versions of these and many other original news stories, visit www.healthdatamanagement.com. New portals on...

Stock Chart.(health care software companies)(Statistical table)
September 1, 2006... Price Price as One Six One Mkt on a % of 52 month month Year YTD Cap. Health care 8/3/06 Wk High Change Change Change Change ($mil) software companies ...

Physicians Aggressively Pursuing I.T.: Doctors in hospitals and clinics are taking the bull by the horns in information technology initiatives.(Triangle Orthopaedic Associates)
September 1, 2006... When Triangle Orthopaedic Associates started looking at electronic medical records systems in 1999 there were many new vendors offering tools to manage patient records via computers. William Mallon, M.D., was so enthralled by the idea he helped...

I.T. Innovators Are Problem-Solvers At Heart.(Chris Mescia uses practice management application and e-prescribing software )
September 1, 2006... For many physicians who take on I.T. projects, it's a matter of fixing what they know or suspect is broken in health care delivery processes. For example, Chris Mescia, M.D., a pediatrician at Nassim & Associates in New Albany, Ind., has been...

Want Hospital Data On Your Patients? Just Ask.(Hospital information systems)
September 1, 2006... In late 2004 it didn't sound like too much to ask. Michael Mignoli, M.D., just wanted to get information on his patients from Littleton (Colo.) Hospital's information systems into his practice's EMR, from Seattle-based Practice Partner,...

Integration: The Gateway To Online Success: Providers and payers use different technologies to connect back-end systems to their Web portals.
September 1, 2006... Web portals have become a crucial information entry point at many provider and payer organizations. Some providers are using their Web portals to offer physicians and nurses a centralized location for clinical data about all their...

RHIOs Tackle Systems Integration.(Regional health information organizations)
September 1, 2006... Integrating data in various clinical and administrative systems with a Web portal can be challenging for any health care organization. Knowing that, imagine the integration tasks for an entity that is trying to link numerous provider and payer...

Building A Single-Source Portal.
September 1, 2006... Northwest Florida Heart Group wanted to get a leg up on its competition by offering patients the ability to complete various transactions via the Internet. But the seven-physician cardiology practice didn't have the resources to migrate data...

Clinical Trials Leave Paper Behind: Information technology is easing research and yielding better data.
September 1, 2006... For Jerry Miller, M.D., president at 92-physician Holston Medical Group in Kingsport, Tenn., clinical trials are good science and good for patients. "Modern health care and best practices today must be based on clinical research," he says. ...

A Common EMR Benefits Research.(electronic medical records)(Practice Partner Research Network)
September 1, 2006... Up to 45 primary care physician practices soon will start a study to determine if a focused effort to screen patients for colorectal cancer yields clinical benefits. The practices all use electronic medical records software from...

Using Shirts To Collect Data.(VivoMetrics Inc. and Sensatex Inc. developing smart shirts)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Use of "smart" shirts that enable the monitoring of physiological activity of the wearer is making its way into clinical trials. In recent months, trials have been announced that will use the LifeShirt garment from VivoMetrics Inc. of...

Hospital Learns to Point, Click and Refer: Case managers use an online referral system to find long-term care for discharged patients.(Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute)
September 1, 2006... For case managers, fax machines often are a constant companion-but not a close friend. That's certainly how case managers at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute, Fort Pierce, Fla., felt about the machines. The case...

I.T., Laughter Make Good Medicine: Telemedicine network provides clinical care and smiles to seriously ill children.
September 1, 2006... The cameras and microphones used to connect hospitalized children in New Jersey with a puppet studio in Georgia are not the exact pieces of equipment used to help a physician in the United States examine a sick child in Panama. But the idea-and...

Keeping the ER on Track: Medical center uses infrared/RFID app to drive improvements in emergency care.(Long Beach Memorial Medical Center)
September 1, 2006... Three years ago, Long Beach (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center built a new emergency department, tripling its size. The department went from a "shabby and inefficient" space to a fresh, bright environment that has computers in every patient room...

Contracts Update.(of health care industry and information technology services)
September 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 e-mail to:...

Advertiser Index.
September 1, 2006... Advertiser Site Addresses Page # AT&T www.att.com/healthcare 15 AHIMA www.ahima.org/convention 67 Ambir ...

Do You Agree or Disagree?(on outsourcing hospital IT management)
September 1, 2006... "Outsourced I.T. services are better run than those that remain managed in-house. Do you agree or disagree?" Source: Source: Health Data Management Web site, www.healthdatamanagement.com, July 2006 survey results, 736 responses. AGREE...