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Hospital IT systems and applications

• Security is top focus in outsourced healthcare identity management

  Co3 drills data breaches; UPMC develops complex healthcare identity management system, offers it to other providers as a service.  Continue Reading

• Quality must be defined to establish pay-for-performance success

  Quality metrics and patient-focused care are the cornerstones for providers' plans as they switch to the ACO model.  Continue Reading

• Automated diagnostics: How supercomputers fit in radiology's future

  Imagine a supercomputer like Watson working in tandem with radiologists to deliver automated diagnostics. Our expert says it's already happening.  Continue Reading

• Not just another health IT term, telecare benefits the elderly

  Amidst a collection of remote patient monitoring terms, 'telecare' has emerged as a word describing proactive care for the elderly.  Continue Reading

• Self-monitoring, proactive alerts among applications of telehealth

  A remote patient visit is the best-known example of telehealth, but the technology's uses and types of patients it can reach are expanding.  Continue Reading

• How the definition of mHealth varies depending on uses cases

  The definition of mobile health has never been clear-cut, but it's more muddled than ever with the increased computing power of mobile devices.  Continue Reading

• Meaningful use stage 2 driving PACS integration, imaging strategies

  It's not a meaningful use mandate, but radiology departments are preparing PACS integrations to move images to physician EHRs and patient portals.  Continue Reading

• Ganguly: Strong patient data standards cure EHR interoperability flu

  CIO Neal Ganguly talks Farzad Mostashari, M.D., National Health IT Week and how stronger patient data standards will lead to EHR interoperability.  Continue Reading

• McCleese: Patient identifiers should top HIT coordinator's to-do list

  CHIME fellow Randy McCleese talks about National Health IT Week, patient identifiers and the challenges Farzad Mostashari's successor will face.  Continue Reading

• Home health computing is the newest wave of healthcare reform

  Patients connected to home computers can better manage their health conditions by accessing personal health records.  Continue Reading

• Telemedicine clinics make inroads into primary care

  Two approaches to telemedicine clinics, one where a vendor provides the doc, one where it doesn't, expand telehealth's reach into primary care.  Continue Reading

• Telemedicine clinics: Could they cannibalize primary care practices?

  Franciscan Health System is using Carena's doctors to provide patient care off-hours. It wasn't an easy sell at first, but so far, so good.  Continue Reading

• Copy and paste functions in EHRs have worth beyond medical upcoding

  Use of the copy and paste functions in EHRs remains controversial, but it may not simply be a tool for medical upcoding.  Continue Reading

• Q&A: Challenges, benefits of implementing single sign-on in hospitals

  Seconds add up to hours when Chilton Hospital reduces login times through single sign-on technology. Learn about its implementation in this Q&A.  Continue Reading

• How health IT drives patient engagement, improves healthcare workflow

  Small physician groups improve workflow with health IT, such as tablets and patient portals, driving patient engagement for meaningful use stage 2.  Continue Reading