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2008 CIO Survey Results

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Critical Success Factors for EMR Implementations

Date: June 18, 2008

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Date: July 27, 2008

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April 30, 2008

Cover Story

Accessing Images: The Next Step

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.

Feature

Beefing Up Security

When Intermountain Healthcare started using wireless laptop computers in 2002, security technologies in a wireless environment were relatively immature.

Hospitals

Robots' Role in Telemedicine

At several rural Kentucky hospitals, Kerri Remmel, M.D., is sometimes referred to as the “robot lady.” Remmel, however, didn’t earn the nickname as a result of a rigid bedside manner. Instead, some patients coined the term of endearment because she has used a robot to help treat them.

Group Practices

Opening Doors To Information

Eight years in the restaurant business before medical school taught Tom Landholt, M.D. some valuable lessons that he now applies to his practice.

Payers

Data Mining Reaps Rewards

Preventing hospital-acquired infections not only saves lives and shortens hospital stays; it saves big money.

My Two Cents

Why Nurses Make Good CIOs

My position as a CIO never ceases to be challenging. But what gets me through many of the dilemmas I face are the experiences that I had as a nurse.

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Corporate Strategy

Time to Roll for SafeMed

After six years of developing its clinical decision support engine, and with recent high profile moves, SafeMed Inc. has hit high gear in its effort to be an industry force.

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Special Report

PHRs: Where Are We Headed?

Personal health records are in the spotlight at center stage now that two technology giants—Microsoft and Google—have both launched high-profile projects to support PHRs. The debate on what long-term role — if any — PHRs will play in improving the quality of health care while cutting costs is intensifying.

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