Physician Practices Gain EHR Connectivity, Interoperability with New McKesson Offering
McKesson announced Practice Partner Connect™,
providing an interoperability platform for physician practices to more
securely exchange information with other practices, patients,
hospitals, and payors.
IBM to Acquire Initiate Systems
IBM announced it has signed a definitive agreement to
acquire Initiate Systems, a market leader in data integrity software
for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations.
Stories of Success! Health IT’s Impact on National Safety Goals & Priorities
Emphasizing the link between improvements in healthcare quality and
patient safety and health IT — HIMSS and ASQ (American Society for
Quality) announce the selection of 16 real-world and peer-reviewed case
study submissions.
Schreiner MediPharm to Introduce Innovative Self-Lifting Label at Interphex 2010
Schreiner MediPharm, a Germany-based global provider of specialty
pharmaceutical labeling solutions for over 50 years will be exhibiting
their full line of specialty labels at Interphex 2010,
April 20-22 in New York.
Connectivity to Improve Patient Safety
Connectivity to Improve Patient Safety
For the past 5 years the Medical Device “Plug-and-Play” Interoperability Program has been leading the evaluation and adoption of open standards and technology for medical device interoperability to support clinical innovation and improve patient safety.
Online Connectivity
Online Connectivity
The government campaign to stimulate physician adoption of health information technology is focused on electronic health records. But other types of information technology that are considerably more affordable and less difficult to implement can also help improve safety and care quality.
Health IT & Quality: Raison d’Être
Health IT & Quality
Raison d’Être
What is the purpose of health information technology? Why are we spending all these billions of dollars on this “thing” we struggle to understand, implement, and use? Is it achieving the goals of its purpose?
Health Information Exchange: NHIN: The New Health Internet
Health Information Exchange
NHIN: The New Health Internet
I have not been a big fan of the National Health Information Network (NHIN) concept. It was — and in large part still is — a top-heavy federal government effort to create a nationwide infrastructure to facilitate the exchange of clinical information. That is a high, lofty, and admirable goal, but one that is too far in front of where the market is today.
Patient Communications: Enhancing Patient Safety by Automating Discharge Instructions
Patient Communications
Enhancing Patient Safety by Automating Discharge Instructions
By Pattie Boast and Cathy Potts, MT (ASCP)It has been well documented that providing patients with the tools to become active, informed participants in their own care improves decision quality and prevents overuse of medical options (O’Connor et al., 2004).
Using Social Media to Improve Patient Safety
Facebook. Twitter. Wikipedia. The names alone
may cause eyes to roll and prompt a quick run for the exits. Despite
widespread skepticism, these and other interactive sources of
information and communication, referred to as social media, continue to
proliferate.