• European Association of Healthcare IT Managers (HITM)

    The European Association of Healthcare IT Managers The European Association of Healthcare IT Managers (HITM) is a non-profit pan-European umbrella association of all relevant national healthcare IT associations in Europe.   Believing in the fundamental importance of unifying healthcare IT professionals at European and global levels,...

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  • 2008 CIO Forum, Orlando, Florida

    Presented by CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives) and HIMSS (The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society), this year’s CIO Forum provided a breath of fresh air and a motivational mix of inspiration and strategy for over 100 attendants. The CIOs present at the Forum enjoyed the perspectives of four experts on...

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  • The Electronic Health Record

    If Electronic Health Record systems are to provide an effective contribution to healthcare across Europe, a set of benchmarks need to be set to ensure quality control and interoperability of systems. This article describes why EuroRec’s initiatives are important, considering the present trends where patients need to be put at the centre, clinicians...

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  • Letter from the Editor

    Dear Reader, In a modern business context, one of the most distinctive features of information technology is the fact that it can add efficiency and value across an entire swathe of processes and specific operational disciplines.   Based on these trends, (E)Hospital and Healthcare IT Management have decided to resume their IT@Networking...

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  • Managing Change in Healthcare

    Nondelegable Role Author Chip Caldwell  is president of Chip Caldwell & Associates, and is the Northern Florida Regent of the American College of Healthcare Executives.   As a consultant and coach to senior leader teams, Black Belts, and physician leaders who are learning to use improvement approaches like lean and Six...

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  • The Investment Dilemma

    Facing Hospitals Author Oliver Rong is Principal at the Competence Centre, “Pharmacy and Healthcare”, at Roland Berger Strategy,  Berlin, Germany   The current position in Germany The Hospital Financing Law, KHG, of 1972 provided that investment in German hospitals would be allocated from public moneys (Section...

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  • Cost Benefit Analysis vs.Return to Investment

    Tom Jones is Director at TanJent Consultancy.   Taking decisions can be tough. Taking complex decisions is even tougher. Most eHealth decisions are probably at the tougher end of the complex. They can affect the performance of healthcare resources, impact patients, and are often linked to changes to clinical and working practices...

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  • European Software Institute

    Author Caroline Hommez   is Managing Editor of (E)Hospital, the Official Journal of the European Association of Hospital Managers in Brussels,  Belgium.   ESI-Tecnalia was set up in 1993 as a non-profit technology foundation by the European Commission with the support of Spain’s provincial Basque Government. Its...

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  • Wireless Technology in the ICU

    Author Neil A. Halpern   is Chief of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,  New York and Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University,  New York.   Wireless technology offers a viable opportunity to...

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  • Managing Security Access

    Author Neil A. Halpern is Chief of Critical Care Medicine,  Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,  New York and Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University,  New York.   Wireless technology offers a viable opportunity to...

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