Search Results for 'Health'

The unfulfilled promises of health information technology

A 2005 RAND report predicted that widespread use of electronic health records technology would save the US healthcare system at least $81 billion per year. At the time, the vendor-funded report helped drive substantial growth in the elect [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2013 | Comments : 0

OCHIN Awarded $775M for Healthcare Information Technology Im...

The Oregon Community Health Information Network has been awarded $775,000 per year for three years by the federal government to meet several healthcare technology goals, according to Healthcare IT News. A plan for their use of the funds i [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2013 | Comments : 0

2013 THE YEAR OF PHIT: PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOG...

Michael Rucker predicts 2013 will be the year of pHIT (personal health information technology). The world of mHealth and biometric sensors has made major strides since Kashmir Hill described the practice of Quantified Self (also known as [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2013 | Comments : 0

Information technology improves health care in the north cou...

— While lots of industries turned to information technology long ago to improve efficiency, accuracy and collaboration, until now, health care has lagged behind. Now, a big project has aimed to leverage IT in the health care in the [...]

Posted On : Dec, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Engaging clinicians with health information technology

Our organization has an informal climbing team made up of administrators and clinicians who tackle a couple of summits each year. We have lofty aspirations—the ultimate goal is to climb six of the "Seven Summits." Self-fun [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Healthcare Software Companies spring to insurers aid

Reduce healthcare administration costs while maintaining the same high quality of dispensed healthcare. This is the complex challenge that is giving sleepless nights to US healthcare insurers and healthcare providers. The challenge is ind [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Wikipedia top rated for ‘health’ information

SYDNEY: Wikipedia is the most highly rated website for providing information on mental-health related topics, a study reveals. Researchers from the University of Melbourne assessed a range of online and print material on mental health-rel [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Free Health Information Technology Educational Session

Got EHR? Up to speed on HIT? Curious about where all this technology is heading? If you have questions about the current state of Health IT (health information technology) in Oregon, are already using an EHR (Electronic Health Record) or [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Stents: How new technology drives health costs

The study offers an illustration of how new technology can drive health costs, the researchers said in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Stents, made by companies such as Boston Scientific, Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic Inc and Johnson [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Genesis Healthcare System Turns to New Technology

After recently selling several real estate properties to Nationwide Health Properties, Genesis Healthcare System is turning paperwork into new technology. CEO Matthew Perry says the buildings and signage are not going to chance and this [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Autonomy Auminence Wins Prestigious 'Best New Technology' He...

Autonomy Corporation plc , a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that Autonomy Auminence received the prestigious 2010 Healthcare IT Summit Innovation Awards for "Best New Technology." T [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

New spectrum to improve health

More radio spectrum will need to be released to cater for breakthroughs in healthcare and transport, said Ofcom. In a report focused on the future use of wireless, the regulator identified hundreds of new applications. They include wi [...]