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Caring for the Chronically Ill

Joseph Goedert, News Editor
Information systems can help ease the complexities of preventing and treating chronic conditions.

Assessing I.T.’s Role in Care for the Elderly

Improving Cash Flow

Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor
For many providers, boosting collections requires building new processes in addition to implementing new technologies.

Accessing Images: The Next Step

Beckie Kelly Schuerenberg, Senior Editor
Like many health care organizations, Mercy Medical Center didn’t begin to realize the full potential of its picture archiving and communication system until it began integrating it with other technologies to provide broader, enterprisewide access to images.

The Nursing Information Technology Innovation Award

Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor
When Jennifer Dunscomb, R.N., arrived at Columbus (Ind.) Regional Hospital to begin her shift one morning, she used her handheld computer to make an extraordinary difference in the treatment of a patient." The senior systems clinical nurse specialist accessed the hospital’s “early warning system” and immediately received 10 alerts on patients pre-selected as potentially being at high risk of developing complications. "

Futurists Ponder the Possibilities

Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor
Anniversaries are a good time to consider past accomplishments and future possibilities. To mark Health Data Management’s 15th anniversary, we asked five of the nation’s leading health care futurists for their reflections on the past 15 years and their predictions for where health care information technology is headed in the next decade and a half.

The Value of Speaking The Same Language

Joseph Goedert, News Editor
What in the world is the difference between an “electronic medical record,” “electronic health record” and “personal health record?” What’s the difference between a “regional health information organization” and a “health information exchange?”

Making a Better Connection

Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor
Fifteen years ago, many hospitals and clinics were just beginning to communicate electronically with payers, replacing paper claims with electronic versions submitted in more than 400 proprietary formats over private networks.

Mobile Tech: One App at a Time

Beckie Kelly Schuerenberg,
Executives at Columbia, Md.-based Howard County General Hospital used a variety of criteria to select a wireless bedside specimen collection system last year.

The Hidden Costs of Radiology

Joseph Goedert
Four years ago, St. Louis-based Metro Imaging implemented a new radiology information system at its five standalone diagnostic imaging sites employing seven radiologists and 70 other personnel. The new system from Milwaukee-based Merge Healthcare was Windows-based, a technological and cultural leap from the practice's decade-old, DOS-based radiology application.

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