TAG ARCHIVE
POSTS TAGGED AS information technology
IBM’s World Initiative on Health IT
IBM recently committed $100m to several initiatives over the next three years that focus on systems integration, services research, [MORE]
Download for “Personalized Preventative Healthcare”
While this free download derives from European studies of the wellness spectrum, the key concept applies everywhere: “Because quality [MORE]
Cloud Computing for Clinical Data Analysis
A century ago, electrical utility companies separately generated their own power; then, the electricity grid allowed them to share [MORE]
Mobile Devices for Reading Radiology Images
Peter Waegeman
“The next 25 years are going to be about restructuring radiology and surgical processes, restructuring the whole healthcare [MORE]
Offshore Health IT Services
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC) has decided to outsource some of its IT work to [MORE]
More Clinical Experience with the iPhone
For anyone looking for an example of how a smart phone might be able to integrate multiple information sources [MORE]
Automating Everything
Like nearly every hospital in the county, the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center uses a variety of IT [MORE]
The Data Crush
The Analystics group of the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recently found that nearly every hospital IT executive [MORE]
Integrated Process Management Information Technology: The Next Generation in Medical Efficiency
There is a need for significant overhaul of current medical information technology to better support the complex processes of healthcare [MORE]
21st Century Healthcare: Engineers Wanted
In 1980, the Russian Institute of Eye Microsurgery pioneered the ‘conveyer surgery method’ (1)- wherein several surgeons perform different parts [MORE]
Data Mining Drug Use
As concerns rise for an impending H1N1 influenza pandemic, law permits data mining of, say, Tamiflu sales as a way [MORE]
AHRQ Guidelines for IT Projects
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has prepared a “toolkit” (actually, it’s a template with references) to guide [MORE]
Veterans Affairs Stops 45 IT Projects
Health Data Repository, Home Telehealth, National Teleradiology Program, Chemistry and Hematology Automation, Clinical Data Services, Pharmacy re-Engineering and Master Patient [MORE]
Aneesh Chopra Appointed Chief Technology Officer
At the 2008Â Medical Automation Conference, then Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Aneesh Chopra, gave a keynote address [MORE]