Study Group: CIOs at Hospitals(?)

Typically the macro economy does not have immediate effect to the healthcare market.  As the current US economy struggles from the rising cost of fuel and burst of the housing and mortgage bubble the effect is beginning to be realized in various areas that impact the healthcare marke...

This article hits the mark on the financial aspect of EHR adoption. The other challenge is realizing the value of electronic over traditional paper in bridging the gap of the techno phobia that inhibits adoption.

P$P programs, like CMS Core Measures, while a valuable goal, are primarily about documentation. Documenting the proper activities occurred, within the accepted timeframes is what Core Measures is all about. Did you give the AMI patient aspirin soon enough to be effective, did the pneumonia patient get...

What is the chance of real Healthcare reform in the US when major insurers turn huge profits and support a massive lobbyist effort in Washington? Hospitals and doctors are presented as the main cause for spiraling healthcare costs. As modality vendors release newer products like 256 slice scanners,...

A small article that really doesn't do justice to the topic and makes a few misdirected comments.