A computerized safety checklist that automatically pulls information from patients' electronic medical records was associated with a threefold drop in rates of one serious type of hospital-acquired infection, according to a study by ...
Tags: Checklist, Threefold Drop, Hospital-Acquired Infection, LCD
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "EMRs and Clinical Research: Current and Potential Impact" report to their offering. In this report, ISR leverages the insights and real-world experiences investigative sites have ...
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine has received a $6,000 Special Innovation Award for developing a user-friendly, self-serve clinical research database that will help physicians and scientists conduct groundbreaking ...
IBM Research has unveiled two new Watson-related cognitive technologies that are expected to help physicians make more informed and accurate decisions faster and to cull new insights from electronic medical records (EMR). The projects ...
Natus Neurology has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada clearance for its new electrodiagnostic system, the UltraPro S100 EMG system. The UltraPro S100 is an EMG/nerve conduction ...
HIPAA and outdated communications devices can make it harder to deliver effective patient care, according to a survey of physicians, hospital administrators and IT pros. The survey by the Ponemon Institute is based on responses from 577 ...
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Wacom today announced the DTK-2241 interactive pen display, a premium communication tool designed to streamline the electronic documents workflow within education, healthcare and business settings. The successor to the DTU-2231, the new ...
Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday called for transparency in healthcare pricing and addressing chronic disease epidemics such as obesity in order to drive down the cost of care for all. He also called for embracing IT and letting ...
While electronic medical records (EMR) may contain your health information, most physicians think you should only be able to add information to them, not get access to all of their contents. A survey released this week at the HIMSS ...
Tags: EMR, health information, healthcare
US-based medical device company Sotera Wireless has announced that it is showcasing its new wireless patient monitoring solution at Intermountain Healthcare's HIMSS 2013 annual conference and exhibition. The FDA-approved ViSi Mobile ...
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Computer manufacturer DLI today announced the release of three new medical-grade rugged devices - DLI 7200M Rugged Healthcare PDA, DLI 8800M Rugged Healthcare Tablet & DLI 9000M Rugged Healthcare Tablet. DLI medical-grade rugged tablets ...
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CyberlinkASP, the leader in hosted virtual desktop and private cloud solutions, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Animal Intelligence Software, Inc. to provide cloud based veterinary practice management software. ...
Panasonic today expanded its Toughpad™ line of enterprise-grade tablets with the introduction at International CES of the Toughpad™ FZ-G1, a 10” tablet featuring Windows® 8 Pro, and the availability of the Toughpad ...
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Computerworld - The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has dispensed more than $7.7B in reimbursement payments to more than 307,000 healthcare professionals and 4,000 hospitals deploying electronic health records (EHRs). ...
Tags: Centers for Medicare&Medicaid Services, electronic health records
Windows 8 might, or might not, prove to be a big hit with enterprise customers. But SAP is betting it will become an important platform in workplaces and figures Windows 8 tablets will outpace Android tablets, an SAP executive said ...