Health Management Technology articles from March 2009

Health Management Technology archives from March 2009

From the bottom up.(From the Editor)
March 1, 2009... Congress is moving to strengthen legislation and increase funding to the Federally Qualified Health Center program (FQHC), which provides funding for community health centers in rural and urban communities, and which Presidents Bush and Obama...

Re-inventing healthcare: building a connected, scalable, patient-centric health IT system.(SPECIAL INDUSTRY WATCH)
March 1, 2009... Software and the Internet will transform healthcare as they have so many other industries, opening new ways of working, new ways of communicating and new economics. The future will bring a dynamic, patient-centric health system that re-invents...

Wary, but prepared.(The Healthcare CIO)(electronic medical record)(New Mexico Department of Health)(Cover story)(Column)
March 1, 2009... We all know the rules of engagement: information technology projects go over budget, scope tends to spread like jelly, and the schedule is shredded by staff shortages and competing priorities. I, like my colleagues, have experienced all of...

Getting great reception--in Peoria: a holistic solution helps unify this hospital's wireless infrastructure, improving coverage and data flow.(Wireless/Mobile Computing)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Efficient communication impacts the speed and quality of healthcare decision making in hospital enterprises. To improve data and voice communication both internally and beyond the boundaries of the hospital,...

Bound for connectivity: it took vision to imagine a 21st century EMR crossing a "frontier" state, but it took grit to implement it.(Telemedicine/Telehealth: Case History)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is nationally recognized for his strong support of information technology (IT) initiatives, particularly in the area of healthcare. Richardson maintains that the lack of automation...

The lost and found: a real-time location system finds improved staff satisfaction, reduced costs and better patient care.(Asset Mgt/Materials Tracking: Case History)(Wayne Memorial Hospital)(real-time location system)(RadarFind Corporation)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH) is the primary healthcare provider in Goldsboro, N.C., and the surrounding areas of Wayne County. Since 1896, WMH has grown from a small, grass-roots organization to a full-service...

Closing the medication safety loop: when it comes to automated medication administration, reliable wireless connectivity plays a critical role in fully integrated environments.(RFID/Bar Coding)
March 1, 2009... Mirroring the focus of the overall industry, St. Clair Hospital (St. Clair) has dedicated its efforts to ensuring patient safety. The hospital has had bar code point-of-care (BPOC) installed since March 2004, but wanted to further close the...

The eyes have it: biometric technologies provide ID capabilities far beyond those of traditionally scanned products.(Patient Identification)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Problems associated with patient identification at the point of service include inefficiencies in data entry, privacy breaches and medical identity theft, such as the fraudulent use of insurance cards. More...

Professional LCD displays.(Products and Services)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 40-inch 400PX and 46-inch 460PX from Samsung deliver information and entertainment to patients and visitors in the waiting room or hospital staff members in boardrooms or lunch areas. With contrast ratios of...

Patient tracking solution.(Products and Services)
March 1, 2009... ActiveTRACK by HealthWare Systems maintains an electronic waiting list for patient registration and monitors performance benchmarks such as registration area wait time and documentation time by registration area and registrar. Integration with...

New business series display.(Products and Services)
March 1, 2009... The B243W bdr is a 24-inch widescreen LCD monitor designed and developed by Acer for intensive daily use as a highly reliable and easy-to-read display for professionals who require superior ergonomics, solidity and long-term productivity. The...

Patient records software updated.(Products and Services)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... The Practice Partner Patient Records version 9.3 from McKesson, meets the Certification Commission on Healthcare Information Technology's (CCHIT) 2008 Ambulatory electronic health records (EHR) requirements, and is also certified for child...

Merge Healthcare.(NewsMakers)(Cedara Software Shanghai Co. Ltd)(Inqgen Technology Ltd.)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Merge Healthcare re-acquired its China operations. The sale of Cedara Software Shanghai Co. Ltd. to Inqgen Technology Ltd., initiated by former Merge executives in March 2008 but not finalized, was terminated by mutual agreement of the parties....

Secure EDI.(NewsMakers)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Secure EDI joined an alliance of health plans, providers, trade associations and technology consultants who are collaborating to enhance provider and payer access to electronic patient information. The goals of the alliance are to streamline...

SSI.(NewsMakers)
March 1, 2009... J.P. Morgan Healthcare Solutions and The SSI Group (SSI) formed a strategic alliance agreement giving both companies an opportunity to offer their claim and payment processing solutions to an expanded client base.

HIMSS.(NewsMakers)(www.himss.org/jobmine)(Health Information Management Systems Society)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Anyone looking for a new job or to fill a position in healthcare can simplify the effort with the Health Information Management Systems Society's (HIMSS) new JobMine. HIMSS and MedTech Publishing Company, publisher of Healthcare IT News,...

DSS Inc.(NewsMakers)(vxVistA electronic health record )(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... DSS Inc. is open-sourcing the code for its vxVistA electronic health record (EHR) framework. This effectively removes the greatest obstacle to collaboration in the VistA community by providing the software under a commercially-friendly open...

Avreo.(NewsMakers)(Neshoba County General Hospital)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Neshoba County General Hospital (NCGH), of Philadelphia, Miss., selected the Avreo interWORKS RIS/ PACS system to increase efficiencies in the hospital's diagnostic imaging department. The contract with NCGH brings the number of Avreo...

MRO Corp.(NewsMakers)(Mercy Health System )(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Shared-service release-of-information (ROI) solutions vendor MRO Corp. expanded its ROI processing services for Mercy Health System of in Pennsylvania. Under the agreement, Mercy's central billing office is providing remote...

Axolotl Corp.(NewsMakers)(Utah Health Information Network )(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... The Utah Health Information Network (UHIN) selected Axolotl Corp. to supply technology and services to power UHIN's clinical information exchange network, a statewide initiative providing clinicians with the ability to electronically locate,...

IntrinsiQ.(NewsMakers)(OnCare Hawaii Inc. selected IntrinsiQ LLC )(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Hawaii's largest cancer care provider, OnCare Hawaii Inc., selected IntelliDose from IntrinsiQ LLC to manage complex chemotherapy treatments across its four sites. OnCare Hawaii expects the clinical oncology software to help it standardize all...

Press Ganey Associates.(NewsMakers)(PatientFlow Technology)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Press Ganey Associates Inc. acquired PatientFlow Technology, a Boston-based provider of patient flow management tools and services for hospitals. Adding PatientFlow increases Press Ganey's overall expertise in clinical and operational areas,...

Medicity/Novo.(NewsMakers)(Medicity mergers with Novo Innovations )(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Medicity and Novo Innovations are merging. The united entity will be known as Medicity and will maintain its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, with offices throughout the U.S. including Novo's Alpharetta, Ga.-based facility, which will...

Telehealth connected care.(Thought Leaders)
March 1, 2009... According to Susan Dentzer's article "Reform Chronic Illness Care? Yes We Can," Health Affairs (Jan.-Feb. 2009), chronic illnesses account for 75 percent of total U.S. healthcare expenditures. Looking ahead, the challenge of caring for people...