Search Tag: EHR
Electronic-trauma-health-record-app-premieres-at-trauma-center
2014 03 Jan
Established as standard practice across North America’s healthcare centers and hospitals, the Electronic Health Record (EHR) is not commonly used in countries with fewer resources, where patient data is still collected on paper, if it is even collected at all. A study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons...Read more
Siemens-it-adoption-center-speeds-implementation-process
2014 13 Jan
From planning to hand-off, Siemens IT Adoption Center speeds implementation IT Adoption Center framework was developed and validated with Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA). MSHA used the framework to bring 13 hospitals live in 18 months. The framework is available to all Siemens customers using Soarian® or any other enterprise health...Read more
Himss-2014-agfa-healthcare-further-enhances-visual-healthcare-icis-platform
2014 31 Jan
Agfa HealthCare enhances industry-leading ICIS platform with “single sign-on, single view” capabilities and seamless image sharing across Healthcare Information Exchanges and Accountable Care Organizations ICIS Transfer expands clinical and medical image sharing and collaborative patient care across HIEs and ACOs New “single sign-on,...Read more
Pharmacy-and-health-it
2014 08 Mar
Author John Chave Secretary General Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union A patient walks into a European pharmacy. She hands a paper prescription to the pharmacist. The pharmacist is unfamiliar with the prescriber, and struggles at first with the handwriting, but after a call to the physician, the medicine and its dosage are...Read more
Himss-2014-osehra-to-host-open-source-ehr-session
2014 05 Feb
The Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance (OSEHRA), a non-profit organisation dedicated to accelerating innovation in electronic health record software and related technology, has been invited to host a special session at the 2014 Healthcare Information and Management Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition on Sunday, February 23,...Read more
Hydmedia-solution-by-agfa-healthcare-deployed-in-multiple-hospitals-in-france
2014 21 Feb
Healthcare content management system manages all digital and paper documents for hospital or regional network Faster access to documents from any workstation in the hospital increases efficiency. Documents are indexed, easily and intuitively searchable. Reduction or even elimination of paper documentation reduces associated costs....Read more
Himss-2014-agfa-healthcare-and-dell-collaborate-to-image-enable-the-ehr
2014 27 Feb
Dell DRIVE Plus integrates Agfa HealthCare's ICIS enterprise imaging solution to consolidate the full scope of patient data in one easy view Collaboration advances the "Evolution of Visual Healthcare" by uniting Dell's Unified Clinical Archive (UCA) solution with Agfa HealthCare's ICIS platform to create a comprehensive image-enabled EHR ...Read more
Sos-ice-service-modernises-medical-alert-id
2014 14 Mar
The SOS-ICE accessories have been designed to benefit people with Diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Allergies and other medical conditions. The medical alert accessories, which include NFC chip enabled wristbands and stickers, can be pre-ordered via a crowdfunding campaign. Innovamo Oy, a startup from Finland that develops innovative mobile solutions and...Read more
Onedx-unveils-google-glass-as-platform-for-mobile-access-to-health-data
2014 24 Mar
Smart Glasses Harness OneDX Capability to Provide Secure Access to Medical Imaging Studies from PACS and EMRs from any Mobile Device The New Medical Product Server unveiled a new platform at the HIMSS14 Annual Conference and Exhibition: Google Glass for its OneDX® mobile imaging management solution, enabling physicians quick access to medical...Read more
Centro-diagnostico-italiano-2-0-exam-results-at-the-touch-of-an-app
2014 01 Apr
The Centro Diagnostico Italiano in Milan, Italy, has launched its first app, giving access to the over 600,000 patients who frequent its 21 centres annually to view their test results on their Android tablet, smartphone, iPad or iPhone. Offering patients the possibility to arrange their own results in a computerised health...Read more
Wohit-2014-diamond-sponsor-agfa-healthcare-offers-360deg-view-of-the-patient
2014 03 Apr
Company will showcase how health IT can meet today’s quality/price and regional healthcare needs, supported by European and Middle Eastern customers Agfa HealthCare will demonstrate how its products deliver solutions for both regional care and enterprise acute care Agfa HealthCare is a committed healthcare IT provider, with proven IT...Read more
Wohit-2014-himss-europe-stage-6-awards-presented-to-four-new-hospitals
2014 03 Apr
Three Dutch centers and a Spanish one, recognised for operating in a paperless environment and representing best practices in implementation of the EMR HIMSS Europe awarded yesterday four new hospitals in Europe with Stage 6 Award during the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition (WoHIT) that is taking place in Nice, France, from the 2nd...Read more
Nuance-powershare-network-industry-s-largest-imaging-exchange
2014 22 Apr
Industry’s largest medical imaging network helps providers and patients coordinate care and share information across distances and disparate healthcare systems Nuance Communications, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of Nuance PowerShare™ Network, the industry’s largest cloud-based network for securely connecting physicians, patients,...Read more
Study-clinical-leadership-vital-to-it-adoption-and-competency
2014 03 Jun
Healthcare organisations, which adopt new information technology (IT), should rely on clinical leaders with technical informatics and IT project management skills for its successful implementation, according to a study published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics. Process improvements and quality care ultimately depend on the attentive...Read more
Access-to-e-health-data-outweighs-privacy
2014 24 Jun
For half of UK patients with chronic medical conditions, the ability to access and control their health data online takes precedence over privacy risks associated with electronic health records. An Accenture Patient Engagement Survey conducted between 21 February and 16 March 2014 polled 519 healthy people and 500 individuals in the UK...Read more
Children-s-hospital-los-angeles-makes-most-wired-list
2014 11 Jul
Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), one of the leading paediatric hospitals in the US, has been included in the list of 'Most Wired' hospitals in the country. Being named on the list, released annually by Health & Health Networks magazine, is recognition of a health care organisation's investment in technology that supports patient safety and...Read more
Protecting-hospitals-from-it-failures
2014 14 Jul
Malfunctioning software systems and those hampered by glitches threaten the economic and functional health of hospital systems. The major problems with the HealthCare.gov website, designed to assist Americans with enrolment in health insurance exchanges as part of the Affordable Care Act, is only one well-known example. Technical problems in four states...Read more
Agfa-healthcare-icis-vna-for-two-major-dutch-academic-hospitals
2014 18 Jul
Enterprise imaging solution, ICIS, will connect departments across the Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum, with expansion to the Amsterdam Academisch Medisch Centrum in the near future. VNA features a workflow engine and updated universal viewer that indexes medical images as part of the medical record. ICIS enterprise imaging solution...Read more
Ama-announces-framework-for-ehr-usability
2014 19 Sep
CHICAGO - Building on its landmark study with RAND Corp. confirming that discontent with electronic health records (EHRs) is taking a significant toll on physicians, the American Medical Association (AMA) today called for solutions to EHR systems that have neglected usability as a necessary feature. Responding to the urgent physician need for better...Read more
Tool-transforms-analog-stethoscope-to-e-stethoscope
2014 19 Sep
Stanford startup Eko Devices has developed a digital accessory for analog stethoscopes to transform them instantly into electronic stethoscopes, MedCity News reported. The aim is to have a clinical decision support tool with a digital capability without the price tag of an electronic stethoscope, according to Eko. The device will enhance the ability...Read more
Ucla-big-data-computing-center-of-excellence
2014 14 Oct
UCLA is set to establish a Center of Excellence for Big Data Computing under an $11 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The UCLA centre, part of an initial $32 million outlay for the $656 million Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative, will formulate new strategies for harnessing complex biomedical data sets known as...Read more
Training-competent-public-health-informaticians
2014 20 Oct
The primary focus of public health is prevention, with a key focus on responding to the health needs of individuals as well as populations. Meanwhile, public health informatics (PHI) is the field in which today’s information revolution meets the specific needs of public health. It is also defined as information, computer science, and technology systematically...Read more
The-universal-image-viewer
2014 08 Nov
Key Points • A universal image viewer enables viewing of images across departments and enterprises, thus enhancing patient care. • A universal viewer may replace or coexist with a PACS viewer, and may be integrated with a vendor-neutral archive or electronic health record system. • Universal viewers offer a number of advanced functionalities,...Read more
Semantic-technology-enables-smart-computers
2014 08 Nov
As healthcare faces up to the promises and challenges of big data, HealthManagement spoke to Dr. Dirk Colaert, Chief Medical Officer at Agfa Healthcare, on the evolution of healthcare against the background of big data. Big data is an abstract term, but in healthcare the data represent very personal information. Do you see this as a paradox?...Read more
Ndsc-esr-partner-to-deliver-esr-iguide-across-europe
2014 26 Nov
National Decision Support Company (NDSC) has teamed up with the European Society of Radiology (ESR) to deliver appropriate use criteria to the European market via ESR iGuide. Through this partnership, the ESR will leverage NDSC's expertise in delivering electronically consumable appropriate use criteria in the United States to deliver the same service...Read more
Best-practice-alerts-in-emr-provide-near-time-education-to-physicians
2015 19 Jan
Researchers in New Hampshire have discovered that the implementation of an alert function in the electronic medical record (EMR) can inform physicians about the most up-to-date best practice guidelines. The EMR’s “best practice alert” allowed pathologists to remind physicians about the latest evidence at the moment of each transfusion order, which...Read more
Health-information-technology-slightly-facilitates-patient-care-coordination
2015 19 Jan
A new report published in Medical Care reveals that physicians who use health information technology (HIT) to coordinate patient care frequently do not receive the data they need from electronic health records (EHR) systems. Care coordination between healthcare providers is associated with cost savings and higher quality of patient care, but routine electronic...Read more
European-ehr-market-outlook-country-specific-models-and-interoperability
2015 29 Jan
Electronic health record (EHR) technology and electronic prescribing of medications account for 30 percent of total healthcare IT spending in Europe, according to Frost & Sullivan. The company’s European Electronic Health Records Market study, which covers ambulatory and hospital EHR, estimates that the market will earn revenues as high as $3.69...Read more
Strengthening-public-trust-in-data-sharing
2015 15 Feb
Biobanks are made all the more valuable when the biological samples they hold can be linked to health information collected in research, electronic health records (EHR), or public health practice. Such data linkages, however, have raised concerns about patient privacy and data security. Incidentally, public trust in systems that share health information...Read more
Epic-to-open-its-ehr-system-to-customers-for-app-development
2015 23 Feb
IT giant Epic Systems (WI, USA) is set to launch an app store that will allow third-party companies to develop products in tandem with the vendor's EHR system, which is the most commonly used across hospitals and physician practices. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the app store was announced by Mark Bakken, co-founder and former CEO...Read more