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Critical care hospital looks to wireless system to boost care

The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System will deploy wireless technology in its new 385,000-square-foot critical care hospital to ensure guaranteed connectivity for mission- and life-critical applications.
May 15, 2008

Remote care to drive healthcare wireless market, not hospitals

While hospitals in the United States and Europe are increasingly using wireless technology to automate patient care, it is technology supporting remote care that will drive the market for wireless-based medical devices and applications, says a new report.
May 16, 2008
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Analyst sees $850M market for Allscripts post merger with Misys

Shares of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. rose Thursday after a Piper Jaffray analyst said the clinical software provider's merger with the healthcare division of British software company Misys PLC will provide an $850 million market opportunity for Allscripts.
May 15, 2008
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New report puts at least 40 HIT vendors in top 100 tech companies

A report released Tuesday by the Aberdeen Group puts more than 40 information technology vendors with healthcare products among the top 100 most influential technology companies over the past five years.
May 15, 2008
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Video: Post-Katrina physician practice moves to EMR

Katrina video This video from Healthcare 360, a television program developed by AHRQ and George Mason University, details a Bayou La Batre, Ala.-based physician's transition to electronic medical records following the loss of paper records at her clinic as a result of flooding from Hurricane Katrina and a subsequent fire. Click here to view the video.



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Is everyone doing bed-side, barcode medication administration?
With all the reported benefits of using a medication administration/barcoding solution, one might expect 100 percent adoption of those systems in hospitals. However, this is not the case. In fact, few hospitals have fully implemented barcoding technology. Providers who have adopted barcoding technology report they would never go back. What benefits have they seen and what lessons have they learned? Which vendor systems are generating the highest levels of provider satisfaction? Published January 2008
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