Workflow Optimization

The Regenstrief Institute, recognized as a healthcare IT leader, has won a contract to help the Social Security Administration and Indiana healthcare providers make disability case determinations faster and better.

Thomson Reuters has released its annual study identifying the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance. The 10 areas measured, such as adherence to clinical standards and patient safety, are boosted by the use of information technology.

AT&T is gearing up to provide a nationwide wireless network connection for Vitality GlowCaps, intelligent pill caps designed to help patients take medications regularly.

The Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) is going digital across its campus as part of an effort to automate paper processes in nearly every area of the medical center.

Web-based billing software and services provider athenahealth has launched athenaCommunicator, a patient communication program that's fully integrated with the company’s physician practice management and EHR services. The suite of Web-based tools aims to free physicians from burdensome administrative tasks, improving practice operations and the quality of care delivered.

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has received the 4th Annual ECRI Institute Health Devices Achievement Award for an innovative patient monitoring project that uses the Masimo SET pulse oximetry and Masimo Patient SafetyNet remote monitoring and clinician notification system.

A pilot project at the Cleveland Clinic has found that patients with chronic diseases manage them more effectively when they use medical devices to regularly send health information to physicians.