Federal Telemedicine News: HIMSS Releases HIT Blueprint

The HIMSS report “A Call for Action: Enabling Healthcare Reform Using Information Technology” outlines specific priorities and recommendations for the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress. The report explains how to harness information technology’s power to reform healthcare and stimulate the economy. http://telemedicinenews.blogspot.com/2008/12/himss-releases-hit-blueprint.html

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  • By Mia Erichson
  • December 21, 2008
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MPOC: tell a friend

MPOC: tell a friend

Sharing is its own reward, but incentives are nice, too. With more than 330 participants joining us for the Jan. 29 webinar on managing change, the HealthcareGoesMobile.com blog community continues to grow. As much as I enjoy chatting up healthcare professionals one-on-one, it would be hugely beneficial to the community if we could tap into this collective power store as a group. More specifically, HealthcareGoesMobile.com is looking for healthcare providers, IT professionals and administrators to tell us your stories about researching, piloting and implementing mobile point-of-care at your sites.

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  • February 11, 2009

Maximizing Mobility: Mobile Point of Care from the Hospital to the Physician Practice

With the passing of the Stimulus Package, enhancing care and clinical productivity has moved to the front burner... on high! Is your organization ready? In this webinar, we'll cover ways to develop your strategy and also examine solution deployments that are already working.

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  • March 26, 2009

Howard Dean: Obama's healthcare reform likely to come in stages, include IT

Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, former Governor of Vermont has predicted that President-elect Obama will get his healthcare reform plan passed in stages, not in one fell swoop.   http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=10504

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  • By Mia Erichson
  • December 15, 2008

Panasonic Toughbook – a line of ruggedized laptops and tablets perfect for healthcare

Fifteen years of mobile PC experience and 10+ years of experience integrating wireless WAN/Mobile broadband might be enough to convince many people that Panasonic Toughbook® laptops are one of the best mobile PC solutions. But, when you are working in the world of mobile healthcare, you need more than mobility – you need rugged, mobile computing solutions focused on durability and reliability. In healthcare, rugged, reliable and wireless don’t just save money - they save time, improve data accuracy, reduce paperwork and improve productivity. Panasonic realizes that healthcare workers need devices that are specifically built to meet the unique requirements of patient care.

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  • May 26, 2009

Three national panels unveil HIT vision

The executives of the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC), Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) and Certification Commission on Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) are saying their shared vision for a 21st Century health system is one in which all health information is electronic, delivered instantly and securely to individuals and their care providers when needed, and capable of analysis for constant improvement and research.

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  • February 11, 2009
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HGM.com Survey: Efficiency, accuracy rank highest for mobile technology

We know mobile technology can help us work smarter, increase accuracy and reduce costs. Yet there are still many obstacles to overcome – building a shared knowledge base is chief among them. To help us hone in on the ways we can work to overcome those obstacles, we recently completed a national survey of healthcare providers, IT professionals and administrators. Here’s what we learned.

Research results in brief

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  • January 23, 2009
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Mobility on the Campaign Trail

During the Presidential debates this month, healthcare policy has emerged as one of the top issues of national concern. Both candidates have declared that they are committed to digitizing healthcare in America to curb rising costs and increase patient safety. With this increased focus on technology as a cost-saving measure, it’s important for all of us in the healthcare profession to understand the positions of the candidates and be ready to act as national healthcare policy evolves. After all, we are the ones with the most knowledge and experience in our industry, so we need to lead the positive change.

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  • October 17, 2008

Healthcare leaders urge IT focus for Daschle

 

Many healthcare leaders urge Daschle, if confirmed as Obama’s secretary of HHS, to focus on healthcare IT as a pivotal part of a U.S. healthcare transformation.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=10446

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  • November 24, 2008
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Gauging the Value of Information

Is information overrated? Forbes ran an article last month (June 09) asking this very question.
 
Although it was talking about social media and its impact on world events and society, the question is an interesting one. Is information overrated? Can you have too much access to information?
 

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  • July 21, 2009