Health Data Management Magazine

July 1, 2008

Caring for the Chronically Ill

Information systems can help ease the complexities of preventing and treating chronic conditions.

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Corporate Strategy

Revamping Apps For Payers

Joseph Goedert, News Editor | Jul 01

MEDecision Inc. hopes its introduction of next-generation applications will give it a boost in the competitive health insurance software market.

Consumer Health
Cover Story

Caring for the Chronically Ill

Joseph Goedert, News Editor | Jul 01

Information systems can help ease the complexities of preventing and treating chronic conditions.

Consumer Health
Cover Story

A New Way To Document Care

Jul 01
Disease Management
Feature

Better Scheduling Boosts Productivity

Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor | Jul 01

Hospitals use software to improve efficiency and comply with regulations.

Health Analytics
Feature

Easing Scheduling For Patients

Jul 01
Consumer Health
Feature

Training The Next Generation

Beckie Kelly Schuerenberg, Senior Editor | Jul 01

Medical schools use a variety of approaches to teach students about technology.

EHR
My Two Cents

Taking A Team Approach

Michael Restuccia, Vice President and CIO, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia | Jul 01
Health Analytics
NewsLine

Bush Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Act

Jul 01
Policy & Regulation
NewsLine

Deal Reached on Senate Privacy Bill

Jul 01
Data Security
NewsLine

New House I.T. Bill Drafted

Jul 01
EHR
NewsLine

Standard I.T. Definitions Issued

Jul 01
Consumer Health
NewsLine

Medicare to Test PHRs in S. Carolina

Jul 01
Consumer Health
NewsLine

Report to Congress Questions I.T. Savings

Jul 01

A report from the Congressional Budget Office casts doubt on previous studies of substantial cost savings from widespread use of health information technology, particularly electronic health records. The report could influence prospects for congressional approval of I.T. legislation. The CBO report takes issue with previous studies particularly those from the RAND Corp. and the Center for Information Technology Leadership that forecast huge financial savings if providers widely adopted I.T. and used it appropriately. Neither…

EHR
Special Report

Mobile Carts Turn a Corner

Beckie Kelly Schuerenberg, Senior Editor | Jul 01

Now that some health care organizations have settled on a device, they are moving forward with deploying multiple applications.

EHR
Special Report

Choosing The Right Mobile Cart

Jul 01
EHR
Hospitals

Keeping Young Patients Safe

Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor | Jul 01

A nurse at a children's hospital devises a computerized system to alert clinicians about safety risks.

Hospitals
EHR
Hospitals

Using E-Mail for Alerts

Jul 01
Hospitals
Group Practices

Using A Standard EHR Approach

Beckie Kelly Schuerenberg, Senior Editor | Jul 01

An academic medical center builds a toolkit to streamline go-lives at its 59 clinics.

EHR
Payers

The Power of a Telephone

Howard J. Anderson, Executive Editor | Jul 01

Medicare, Medicaid test how daily interactions help cardiac patients stay out of the hospital.

Payers
Disease Management
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