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3 Implications of 3M’s Open Source Health Data Dictionary

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Last month, 3M Health Information Systems released their Health Data Dictionary as open source software making it free and available worldwide. The open source contract is part of an agreement with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 3M Healthcare Data Dictionary will provide the core technology to enable semantic interoperability for the joint DoD/VA integrated Electronic Health Record (iEHR), making it possible to share medical knowledge and secure patient
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Texting: A Do or Don’t for Doctors?

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According a recent Johnson & Coker report, 80% of doctors use smartphones. In addition to making calls and using apps, docs are using their smartphones to take advantage of one of today’s most convenient forms of communication: the text message. Unlike so much about healthcare – treatment plans, wait times, the reimbursement cycle – texting is quick. And for doctors, as for everyone with thumbs, texting offers a simple way to communicate that doesn’t require making a call, writing down a
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Survey: Resistance to Workflow as Leading Obstacle to CPOE Adoption

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Imprivata announces the results of its 5th annual survey examining IT trends in healthcare reporting resistance to workflow changes as the leading obstacle to CPOE adoption Imprivata, the leader in secure access and collaboration for healthcare,  announced this week the results of its fifth annual survey examining IT trends in healthcare. According to this year’s findings:
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KLAS Report: 55% of Providers Planning to Buy Business Intelligence Tools Over 3 Yrs

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According to a the recent KLAS report released this week, over half of healthcare providers are looking to purchase business intelligence tools over the net years signaling a tidal wave of growth as the industry search for solutions to help them combat a number of regulatory challenges such as ACO, HIE, and others. The KLAS report, Business Intelligence Perception 2012: A Wave is Coming, was created from data collected between January and March representing 137 unique healthcare provider
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Five Reasons Why Medical Imaging is Ready for the Cloud

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Written by Chris Gough, Healthcare Solutions Architect at Intel Corporation as he shares five reasons why medical imaging is ready for the cloud.  Healthcare enterprise organizations have been exercising caution with cloud adoption due to the regulated nature of the industry and desire to maximize return on existing (on-premises) IT investment. However, I am seeing accelerated adoption of SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications and expect this trend to continue.
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