GE Healthcare officials made several announcements Wednesday in New York concerning the company's $6 billion Healthymagination initiative, which aims at investing in technologies that improve healthcare.
Superior healthcare technology usually means better care and safety for patients - but the familiar technologies that power today's modern hospitals also have a dark side. From infections to cancer to surgical fires, this list covers the top 10 healthcare technology threats for 2010.
In a previous article ("Keys to EHR Team Success," Healthcare IT News; January 12, 2009) we detailed a number of governance structural components which are key to successful electronic health record (EHR) implementation.
In a previous article ("Keys to EHR Team Success," Healthcare IT News; January 12, 2009) we detailed a number of governance structural components which are key to successful electronic health record (EHR) implementation.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America has opened the nation's first all-digital cancer hospital in Goodyear, Ariz. The 213,000-square-foot CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center (Western), the fourth hospital in the CTCA network, extends the comprehensive electronic health record system launched by CTCA last year.
InnerWireless, Inc. of Richardson, Texas, has announced a strategic partnership with AeroScout, Inc. of Redwood City, Calif., making InnerWireless a gold-level, value-added reseller of AeroScout's uni...
The Carefx Corp. of Scottsdale, Ariz. has announced the signing of contracts with 15 hospitals and health systems in North America for its Fusion product, which connects multiple clinical ap...
The Georgia Cancer Coalition, an independent, not-for-profit organization based in Atlanta, will use a statewide healthcare information exchange to share evidence-based medicine with community cancer care centers.
The University of North Carolina Health Care is partnering with IBM to create a data warehouse designed to help speed the development of new treatments for diseases such as diabetes, cystic fibrosis and cancer.
InnerWireless, based in Richardson, Texas, has announced that the Virginia Hospital Center will deploy the company’s Horizon Converged Wireless across 1.1 million square feet in three buildings on its Arlington, Va. campus.
Aspyra, Inc. of Calabasas, Calif. has entered into an agreement with Physicians Laboratory Services, Inc., an independent clinical reference laboratory in Omaha, Neb., to upgrade the laboratory's LIS...
Patient Care Technology Systems of Mission Viejo, Calif. has announced that Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown, Pa. has implemented the Amelior ORTr...
More than 30 organizations from across Canada are forming partnerships in a $15.5 million series of initiatives aimed at preventing chronic disease – a challenge that the United States is also tackling. Electronic health records play a critical role in Canada's plan.
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) is implementing a clinical research management system to track patient data for clinical trials and billing purposes.
Brigham and Women's Hospital, a 777-bed teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and GE Healthcare are teaming up to conduct molecular imaging research aimed at developing personalized treatment for cancer, brain and heart disease.
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit will use the Eclipsys Sunrise Enterprise suite of clinical and revenue cycle solutions to create an integrated technology platform designed to supp...
The HealthPartners Medical Group is using an electronic medical record and race information to raise awareness of colorectal cancer among African American patients.
