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The HIMSS12 Infographic

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HIMSS12 infographic highlighting some of the key metrics associated with this year's HIMSS12 in Las Vegas Yesterday HIMSS released their very first infographic highlighting some of the key metrics associated with this year's event. HIMSS is claiming this year's HIMSS12 broke the world record for tweet volume at a healthcare  conference. Some of the highlights of the following infographic include: HIMSS12 averaged 167 tweets per hour Biz Stone’s keynote alone generated 7,595 tweets – with
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Rising Healthcare Cuts Raises the Debate for Private Care in the U.K.

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With the recent news of Scotland’s £226 million health cuts that are planned for next year, along with the cuts that have already hit the NHS throughout England and Wales; this comes at a time when the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has cried for a guarantee into the quality care required for elderly patients. It was discovered that there was on average of one nurse to every nine patients. Elderly care, both in hospitals and domiciles, is a subject which has often been thrust into the limelight
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Healthcare IT Security Issues with Christopher Paidhrin at PeaceHealth

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Guest interview post from our media partners, iHT2′S blog: Christopher Paidhrin, SCO at PeaceHealth Southwest Med Center in Vancouver, WA shares some of his thoughts and views on healthcare IT security issues         Christopher Paidhrin, Security Compliance Officer at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., took part in the panel discussion “Securing Electronic Personal Health Information (ePHI): From the Data Warehouse to the Point of
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Understanding SNOMED CT – the What and Why?

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Written by Dr. Peter Johnson, Co-Founder/Chief Terminology Director from Clinithink Statisticians have been collecting and classifying causes of disease for hundreds of years. In fact, the well-known ICD system started as a classification of causes of death in 1855. Since then, the focus has shifted to include classifying all aspects of care for many different purposes – from billing to early disease warnings, epidemiology, health care planning and point-of-care decision support.
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Video:Telemedicine on the Frontier

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As rural providers work to expand access to care to far-flung patients, telemedicine is an increasingly essential component of those efforts. In this exclusive video interview, the leadership team at Clearwater Valley Hospital in Idaho, talk to H&HN senior editor Suzanna Hoppszallern about building telemedicine coalitions with other community providers to better serve patients.
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Disconnected Healthcare: HIT Vendors Miss Big Picture

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Written by Madelyn Young from CareCloud on how HIT vendors miss the big picture “Software vendors are just not playing well in the sandbox together.” That point was recently posited by SearchHealthIT writer Don Fluckinger in a post that asked a very timely question on the state of the healthcare information technology industry: “Are HIT Vendors Selfish?”
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