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17 hours ago ago from HIStalk
From Snow Bunny : “Re: Pittsburgh snowstorm . The snow flake power outage was severe and crippling at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. It caused all computer screens to go blank with no EMR for 20 hours. Check with your Siemens IT friends to reconcile the facts. Retaliation will be swift for the staff that leak the truth. I have not yet been able to determine the impact of the outage at the Canonsburg Hospital (above) on its EMR, but ...
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20 hours ago ago from AAPS News of the Day
A large part of the savings projected from “healthcare reform” is supposed to come from wider use of information technology. The federal government is expected to “invest” some $45 billion in encouraging (or compelling) doctors and hospitals to use electronic records systems. “Information is the lifeblood of modern medicine. Health information technology (HIT) is destined to be its circulatory system,” writes David Blumenthal, M.D., ...
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5 hours ago ago from lupuskcmo.org
There are many differing opinions in the healthcare debate. But, there’s one thing we can all agree on: healthcare in the US costs too much. US healthcare costs about $7300 per person per year, which is about 2.5 times more than other industrialized nations. There’s plenty of blame to go around for why it’s so expensive here, but a fair share of that blame goes to hospitals for their inefficiency and their need to one up their ...
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19 hours ago ago from eHealth Musings
I have written many times in the past (on this blog and through other channels) on the potential of Microsoft to play a key role in consumer eHealth. In addition to Microsoft HealthVault, the company has released information about other ideas currently in their labs: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/188848/microsoft_ehealth_research_taps_xbox_mobile_phones.html Ideas include: smartphone apps that use sensors such ...
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1 day ago ago from Case In Point Weekly
Joint Commission reports patient care improved in 2009 In the past seven years, U.S. hospitals have steadily improved the quality of patient care, according to “Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Report on Quality and Safety 2009.” The Joint Commission tracks 31 measures in its annual report and more than 3,000 accredited hospitals contributed data. The Joint Commission issued its first report on quality and safety in ...
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10 hours ago ago from The New York Times
No one at the hospital noticed that Tina Bell-Jackman was dying. Multimedia On the night of June 26, 2007, Ms. Bell-Jackman turned restlessly in her bed in Room 7 at Select Specialty Hospital of Kansas City, a small medical center that specializes in treating chronically ill patients. Ms. Bell-Jackman, a 46-year-old with diabetes , had been hospitalized at Select for five weeks, was increasingly ...
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