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In This Issue
6 Critical Tips Regarding Hospital Smartphone Integration
As more and more hospitals work to incorporate smartphones into their communication network, many have had difficult experiences due to poor integrations strategies. This white paper will help you avoid common mistakes.
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Featured Article: Workflow
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Value-based purchasing core measure improvement
VBP as a vehicle for comprehensive process improvement in the perioperative suite.
By Jeffrey Robbins, CEO, LiveData
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Intelligent Medicine by Design
Clinical System Adoption in the Community Hospital: Ten Training Keys for Success
Not All ICD-10 Codes are Created Equal
Redefining Value and Success in Healthcare: Charting the Path to the Future Webcast
An Optimized Healthcare IT Network — Silver Cross Hospital as Case Study
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Allscripts files claim after losing bid to Epic to overhaul NYC hospital logs
One of the country’s largest providers of electronic medical records has lodged a complaint against New York City’s public hospital system for awarding a $303 million contract to a rival. The company, Allscripts, lost its bid last month to replace the public hospital system’s fragmented and antiquated medical-records system with an integrated system that would link 11 public hospitals, 70 clinics, thousands of doctors and more than one million patients and allow them to communicate with one another.
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CHIME survey finds IT staff shortages persist at healthcare organizations
The need for IT staff at the nation’s health organizations remains acute, according to the results of a recent survey of chief information officers, which found that more than two-thirds are reporting shortages on their staffs.
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Safety-net hospitals brace for cut to federal subsidies
For more than 20 years, hospitals have relied on subsidies provided by the federal government to help defray the costs of patients who cannot pay for some or all of their care. But that funding is set to decline starting in 2014 with the full implementation of the federal health law.
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A closer look at compounding pharmacies
The New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy implicated in the recent, deadly fungal meningitis infections, was apparently preparing drugs for bulk, nationwide distribution, raising questions about why it was not licensed and held to the standards of a manufacturer.
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Americans' heart devices reused safely in India
U.S. patients' used heart devices can be safely implanted in seriously ill heart disease patients in the developing world, a study out Monday suggests.
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M.D.s using social media, other tech to stay connected to patients
Dr. Natasha Burgert, of Kansas City, Mo., uses Twitter, Facebook, and texting to keep in contact with her patients. She's part of a growing number of doctors turning to social-media technology to be better doctors.
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Two Innovation Challenge winners announced
New tools to help patients better manage and access information in their electronic health records (EHRs) have been selected as challenge winners by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the Health 2.0 Sixth Annual Fall Conference in San Francisco. The Blue Button Mash Up Challenge, launched on June 5, 2012, builds on a prior Blue Button challenge to make personal health information more usable and meaningful for the individual consumer or patient.
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OHSU receives $1 million grant to develop innovative EHR simulations
A grant recently awarded to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) will fund research that aims to create smarter EHR systems.
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The doctor will text you now ...
Imprivata Cortext, a HIPAA-compliant texting app for doctors, was launched Oct. 9 for Apple iPhone and Android smartphones. It aims to enhance care by enabling the immediate sharing of test results, urgent patient findings and more, while securing protected health information.
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Are you likely to respond to exercise?
Research has confirmed that people’s physiological responses to exercise vary wildly. Now a new genetic test promises to tell you whether you are likely to benefit aerobically from exercise.
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What your breath reveals about your health
It's the ultimate noninvasive medical test: A growing number of health problems can be diagnosed by analyzing a patient's breath alone.
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 Hot Clips: Mobile Technologies
Click on the highlighted links below to read the top HMT archival properties concerning mobile technologies, a topic that is at the forefront of healthcare discussions.
- Getting the lead out: Switching to Li-Nano batteries
- Powerful stuff: Battery life and charge time for carts
- Tablet PCs: More functions, better healthcare
- How to leverage smartphone technologies
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