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National Patient ID s losing steam as the forces of privacy defeat the forces of centralization a

April 23,2006

16:24

162 Billion Buys a Lot of EMR Software

During today’s broadcast of The McLaughlin Group [1], there was a statistic tossed out about how $16

April 5,2006

22:55

Ohio and HIPAA

A Cincinnati newspaper, citing state public access to documents, successfully argued that HIPAA does

February 28,2006

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I’ve Been to HIMSS, and I Have the Blisters to Prove It

The 2006 HIMSS convention took place in San Diego, and I was able to spend two days seeing everythin

January 15,2006

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You Will Be Assimilated

Popular Mechanics is reporting a “top 15 new technology concept for 2006″ implanted medical devices

October 21,2005

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Microsoft Absorbs The English Language

I don’t know whether its a problem that Microsoft wants to collide product names with the public do

October 21,2005

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VA has ‘nothing to show’ for some IT projects: Senate panel

From the Beating a Dead Horse Dept.: You have to wonder how long this failed project is going to b

Healthcare IT, also known by the acronym HIT, is all about using information technology solutions such as hardware, networking, and software to help improve healthcare, save lives, reduce costs, and improve profit margins for healthcare organizations. Healthcare IT has always been important but recently it has been receiving more attention because the government and consumers (patients)

are demanding better service from care providers and healthcare IT is a good way to improve service.The healthcare system, especially in the USA, has some critical problems such as nurse and physician shortages, spiraling costs, poor consumer (patient) service, and lower revenues which lead to mergers

or acquisitions. Healthcare IT is in even worse shape because outdated infrastructure, legacy architectures, and monolithic applications prevent positive change from occurring. Healthcare IT can, if used properly, help reduce costs, improve care provider productivity (which can then alleviate some of the shortages), and significantly improve customer service to patients.

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