Author: trident50
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Hanover Hospital chooses iMDsoft’s MetaVision as Anesthesia Information Management System
iMDsoft announced that Hanover Hospital in Pennsylvania has chosen MetaVision as the Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS) for all of their operating rooms, to be implemented alongside their MEDITECH electronic health record system. …read more
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An EHR ‘buying spree’? Maybe not quite
Health Data Miner Two research firms in the healthcare IT space have produced press releases in recent weeks predicting the next “great wave” in EHR purchases among U.S. hospitals. [See also: Consider the power of incentives] read more …read more
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FAM hosts 13th annual event at Webber Cancer Center to benefit patients with fibromyalgia
The Fibromyalgia Association of Michigan (FAM) will host its 13th annual event at the Webber Cancer Center at St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital on 11800 12 Mile Road from 12:30 – 5:30 PM. …read more
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Alkermes reports financial results for first quarter of 2014
Alkermes plc today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2014. “During the quarter, we continued to generate positive cash flow, reflecting the strength of our commercial business and enabling us to invest in our advancing late-stage pipeline and prepare for the launch of aripiprazole lauroxil,” commented James Frates, Chief Financial Officer of Alkermes.…
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Virginia Mason receives “A” for patient safety in Hospital Safety Score program
Virginia Mason is again rated as one of the safest hospitals in the U.S by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization using the collective leverage of large purchasers of health care to drive improvements in safety, quality and affordability. …read more
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Study finds that Medicare patients with dementia more likely to be readmitted within 30 days
A review of more than 25,000 admissions of Medicare beneficiaries to Rhode Island hospitals has found that patients with a documented diagnosis of dementia are nearly 20 percent more likely to be readmitted within 30 days than those without dementia. …read more
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Missouri Gov. makes last-ditch Medicaid expansion effort
Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, proposed using the federal money to pay a portion of the private insurance costs for businesses with fewer than 150 employees, but the idea was quickly shot down by Republican legislators officials. …read more
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State highlights: Mixed reaction to new telehealth guideline; Calif. mental health grants; Conn. nurse practitioners
The Federation of State Medical Boards approved a model telehealth policy this weekend that’s made some providers of these services happy and others, well, not so much, because of its emphasis on using video rather than audio technology for a first patient visit (Conn, 4/28). …read more
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Security Priorities for 2014
In previous posts, I’ve described security as a process, not a project. It’s like a cold war that never ends with new threats every day requiring new countermeasures. As I survey the landscape in 2014, I see much more sophisticated attacks at the same time there is much more severe regulatory enforcement. Where would I…
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Researchers reveal computational jewelry to support mobile health applications
Researchers from Clemson University and Dartmouth College revealed their computational jewelry to support mobile health applications at the third USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. …read more