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Halamka, Bates spotlight health IT use in Boston

 Mike Miliard February 10, 2010
Stressing the benefits of early action - and illustrating just how much farther ahead in adoption Massachusetts is than many other parts of the country - two significant local users of healthcare IT offered insights from their experiences in Boston on Tuesday.
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Caritas Christi expands EHR service to its doctors

 Molly Merrill January 04, 2010
Caritas Christi Health Care of Boston, billed as the largest community-based hospital system in New England, is expanding its electronic healthcare record service to its physician networks.
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Experts give five tips for improving medication adherence

 Bernie Monegain October 30, 2009
A group of healthcare and consumer organizations and companies has released five policy recommendations designed to promote better medication adherence, and one of them is use of information technology.
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2015: The future of IT in family practices

 Kyle Hardy September 28, 2009
A new report predicts that by 2019, 90 percent of physician practices are expected to be implementing IT.
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Check out what's going on in the Virtual Exhibit Hall

 Patty Enrado June 08, 2009
At the HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo, there's no need to change out of your business shoes into sneakers. You can check out what first-time and veteran exhibitors are displaying without fear of feet fatigue.
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EHRs could boost quality of care, according to New England Journal of Medicine

 Bernie Monegain May 28, 2009
A New England Journal of Medicine article calls for the establishment of an independent institute for technology assessment and says electronic health records could "appreciatively" boost quality of care.
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IT key component to curing ailing primary care system, report concludes

 Bernie Monegain May 27, 2009
Healthcare information technology is key to changing the model for primary care that is in place today, and for ultimately restoring health to a system that is on the verge of collapse, concludes a new report from the New England Healthcare Institute.
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Massachusetts General Hospital deploys new disease surveillance system

 Kyle Hardy May 21, 2009
Massachusetts General Hospital, New England's largest medical facility, has deployed a new surveillance system designed to help the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reduce the risk of major outbreaks of communicable diseases.
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Adoption of comprehensive EHRs low, but underlying parts may provide boost

 Molly Merrill April 17, 2009
Although few U.S. hospitals have a comprehensive electronic health records system in place, many have parts of an EHR - which could help spur adoption faster than data may suggest, says a New England Journal of Medicine article.
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Blumenthal says HITECH faces challenges

 Molly Merrill April 10, 2009
David Blumenthal, MD, the newly appointed National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, sees "major hurdles" for the HITECH Act, according to a New England Journal of Medicine article.
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Hospital security risks worry execs

 Eric Wicklund February 19, 2009
Every seven seconds, someone tries to hack into the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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Docs urge back to bedside skills

 Molly Merrill February 02, 2009
A New England Journal of Medicine article by a Stanford physician warns medical schools against letting technology take the place of bedside skills.
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Stanford physician says technology shouldn't take place of bedside skills

 Molly Merrill January 08, 2009
A New England Journal of Medicine article by a Stanford physician urges medical schools against letting technology take the place of bedside skills.
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Tufts Medical Center, physicians group, to automate

 Bernie Monegain November 03, 2008
Tufts Medical Center and the New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA), the physician network of Tufts, will automate both business and clinical records with one system.Tufts' goal in making...
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HIMSS panelists talk IT, finance in current economy

 Chelsey Ledue October 22, 2008
It will take a lot of work to correct technical and financial problems in the healthcare industry, agreed panelists at the New England HIMSS Chapter Conference on HIT, held Oct. 17 in South Port...
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Expert says Medical Home can save money, but depends on IT

 Molly Merrill October 20, 2008
The so-called medical home concept is critically dependent on information technology, said David Howes, MD, president and CEO of Martin's Point Health Care, a not-for-profit healthcare organization ba...
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Halamka: PHRs promote transparency, which makes everyone a winner

 Molly Merrill October 20, 2008
One of the more forceful voices in healthcare offered his opinion of personal health records this past week at the New England HIMSS Chapter Conference on HIT."Patients should be steward...
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Maine to go live with health information exchange

 Bernie Monegain October 20, 2008
After three years, HealthInfoNet is poised to exchange lab results and radiology results and encounter history. Maine's health information exchange is slated to go live at the end of November...
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New England health system subsidizes electronic health record for physicians

 Richard Pizzi August 05, 2008
The Hartford Healthcare Corporation plans to take advantage of recent changes to the federal Stark regulations to subsidize an electronic health record system for 200 physicians in affiliated medical...
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New England hospitals join virtual network to boost care

 Molly Merrill August 01, 2008
IRVING, TX - Nineteen New England hospitals have joined a Rapid Adoption Network, a virtual network that will allow them to share information about their clinical practices in an effort to accel...
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