FRIESLAND, THE NETHERLANDS – MC Leeuwarden, based in Friesland, the Netherlands has deployed new clinical review displays across its two locations. The Medical Centre Leeuwarden is considered a top medical teaching hospital,…
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EHR Dangers and Innovations
Several presenters at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s 2010 conference offered advice and guidance for health care workers who oversee electronic health record purchasing, implementation and maintenance. Summaries of selected presentations are…
Handling Waiting Times by using HIT
Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill., has started a concept of updating its emergency department waiting time by means of text messages, telephone and its Web site. ‘Waiting Time’ is the average time…
HL7 Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Electronic Laboratory Reporting
Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology, recently announced that it has published the Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Electronic Laboratory Reporting to…
HIMSS 2010 Conference, Atlanta- Key Vendor announcements
Some 900 vendors exhibited at the HIMSS 2010 Conference in Atlanta and that means multiple announcements about new products, features or services. Among them: The Take Care Health System subsidiary of Walgreen’s…
Deloitte’s list of 10 important things for conversion to ICD 10
Saying ICD-10 holds potential to surpass even Y2K’s cost and impact, DeloitteConsulting has published a list of the ten most important things that the providers should understand right now about the conversion. The…
Neuromind for surgeons
The NeuroMind mobile application, developed by DigitalNeurosurgeon.com, is a good resource for surgeons, featuring beautiful hi-res images. It’s not without usability issues – the free version I’m running on my iPhone had…
HIT vendors and their products
Inc., the Salt Lake City-based health information exchange (HIE) company, has announced iNexx, its new “Health 4.0” platform, which bridges systems, networks and people to create a care model that keeps…
AMA selects Ingenix’s CareTracker
CHICAGO – The American Medical Association (AMA) is offering physicians across the country a new online platform for access to an electronic health system from Ingenix, called CareTracker. The AMA announced recently…
EMR Adoption Model
HIMSS Analytics, devised the EMR Adoption Model to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems called the EMRAM. The EMRAM scores hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics Database on their progress in completing…
Cynoprod launches $2m Jordan dental centre
Canada-based Cynoprod, in partnership with Jordanian investor Zaher Al Masri, has launched a dental manufacturing centre in Amman, Jordan. The investment cost of Cynoprod’s Jordan is estimated at $2m in addition to…
Electronic Release of Clinical Laboratory Results
Health information exchange (HIE) – in particular the electronic sharing of laboratory results are a matter of concern. In lieu of the same, The National Academy for State Health Policy, U.S., has launched State…
Sebia launches Capillarys 2 Flex Piercing for diagnostics labs
Sebia has unveiled the latest addition to its automated capillary electrophoresis portfolio, the innovative Capillarys 2 Flex Piercing for clinical diagnostic laboratories. Based on the proven technology of the original Capillarys instrument,…
Premier Healthcare Alliance CEO on ‘ Fragmented Healthcare Delivery System’
ATLANTA – The biggest challenge in healthcare delivery is the fragmentation of the system and the clinical information gaps that result, according to Susan DeVore, president and CEO of the Premier healthcare…
HIT to focus on Value to Patients says Blumenthal
ATLANTA – In his inaugural appearance at HIMSS10, David Blumenthal, MD, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology reiterated his support for healthcare IT, calling information the “lifeblood of medicine.” Healthcare IT is…