In an effort to provide a reliable answer to this question, advisory services and market research firm IDC Health Insights recently made available a study entitled Best Practices: Establishing Sustainable Health Information Exchange.
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According to a recent study, failing to properly plan for the infrastructure and management required during a transition to new technology can greatly diminish the utility of the investment.
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The Utah Department of Technology Services announced this week that it was investigating the security breach of a new server housing Medicaid claims records for the state’s Department of Health.
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Medical officials in Salt Lake City recently saw the negligence of an employee lead to a significant privacy incident.
Utah healthcare facility experiences major data breach Read More »
A report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics discloses that Americans made less visits to the doctor last year and used prescription drugs less often, despite 34 new medicines introduced
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Considering the size of Texas, this industry has been experiencing immense growth in the 600 licensed hospitals currently operating in the state.
New study estimates Texas will need 10,000 additional HIT staff members Read More »
Pharmacists’ roles have evolved from solely distributing medication to more detailed and challenging patient-focused responsibilities.
Pharmacist panel suggests that workloads are becoming more sophisticated Read More »
A recent article in Medical Economics notes that, in addition to the push that EHR (Electronic Health Records) incentives have given to technology upgrades in healthcare, changes in Practice Management Systems
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In spite of increasing adoption of EHR (Electronic Health Records) systems by healthcare providers and organizations, paper records are still a primary source for tracking information for over half the respondents to
Survey Reveals Healthcare Still Relies on Paper Read More »
Since late 2010, when an article in the Journal of Surgical Radiology noted that surgeons at Georgetown were accessing patient X-rays and other vital data in real time using iPads
Healthcare and the iPad Read More »
