Image via Wikipedia Quick — how much federal-government money has been earmarked for electronic health records: $360 million? $3.6 billion? $36 billion? $360 billion? (Anyone for $3.6 trillion?) We are in a time when incomprehensibly large dollar amounts are being tossed around like coins into a wishing well, and after a while the mind can [...]
Study results of EHR in US Hospitals
May 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Results of a recent study prepared by the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA BACKGROUND: Despite a consensus that the use of health information technology should lead to more efficient, safer, and higher-quality care, there are no reliable estimates of the prevalence of adoption of electronic [...]
4 Wisconsin hospitals band together to share an EHR environment
May 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia After Congress allocated upward of $19 billion in health information technology funding as part of the economic recovery package, the Sauk City-based Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative of 35 free-standing hospitals said it could help its member hospitals and critical-access hospitals across the country understand how the legislation works. To read the rest [...]
Doylestown Hospital uses iPhone and Meditech to keep mobile workforce connected
May 5, 2009 By 1 Comment
Image by William Hook via Flickr A community medical center near Philadelphia, Doylestown Hospital relies on a mobile workforce of 360 independent physicians to provide a highly responsive healing environment for thousands of patients. Those physicians stay connected 24/7 to colleagues and hospital staff with their first responder: Apple iPhone 3G. With iPhone, doctors get [...]
