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Cellular medical imaging for the people: This is not an innovation which will make much sense to Americans. A UC Berkeley scientist, Boris Rubinsky, who also works for Hebrew University in Jerusalem has developed a system for moving complex medical images over cellular links. The key to success is placing the...; Tags: Phone, Hospital, Physician, Medical Imaging, Imaging, Image, Wireless Link, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Healthcare, Investment, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit Hospitals: Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit hospitalsYou mean spread the deaths out evenly?from what I see, you are saying that those who wish to work hard should have the same substandard healthcare as those that do not wish to work at all? Strange indeedRE: Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit...; Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Taxes, health care, non-profit hospital, hospital, insurance, tax, government; Discussion threads 2008-04-03
Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit Hospitals: In all the flurry and fury concerning Grady Hospital in Atlanta the threat of its closing, while real, has seldom been taken seriously. Grady recently appointed a non-profit board to stave off bankruptcy. The hope is that charitable fundraising and a small statewide car tag tax will save the state's only...; Tags: Hospital, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Feeling kinda green? This Hospital is for you: I went to a major health care technology show late last month (on behalf of my client Cisco) where I had the chance to hear a bit about a new hospital being built by Palomar Pomerado Health in San Diego. The project isn't done yet, but Palomar President and CEO...; Tags: Hospital, Health Care, Healthcare, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-03-20
Midland Hospital proves open source savings: Midland hospital proves open source savingsMS execs arrive via emergency entranceOne having a cardiac on the news, the other blabbering something about TCO.How big is that hospital?We are implimenting an EHR this year and between equipment and software licensing, i am at 1.5 million for pharmacy, dental, family, peds, ob...; Tags: ROI/TCO, TCO, hospital, open source; Discussion threads 2008-03-12

Midland Hospital proves open source savings: Midland Memorial Hospital got an $18 million EMR system for $7 million, thanks to open source. David Whiles, the hospital's director of information systems, told ZDNet that after a year in operation he's finally ready to brag about his Medsphere OpenVista installation. Midland signed...; Tags: Hospital, Midland Memorial Hospital, Open Source, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-12
A complete EMR system for half the money: Midland Memorial Hospital is finally ready to brag about its Medsphere EMR system, installed for $7 million when other vendors were asking at least $18 million. Director of IT Systems David Whiles and his 30-person staff removed the hospital's patient charts a year ago and are now calculating their return...; Tags: Hospital, Midland Memorial Hospital, Systems David Whiles, Midland, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-12
Hospital Implements Innovative Infection Control Through Integrated Data Solution: Washington Hospital Center, the largest private hospital in the nation's capital, faced the common challenge of controlling hospital-acquired infections. Infection Control practitioners relied on multiple databases and disparate systems to accurately track where infected patients had been in the hospital. This required multiple cross checks with other departments for minimizing...; Tags: Infection, Patient, Hospital; Case studies 2008-03-10
Community Hospital's IT Productivity 50% More Efficient With Healthier Technology: Myrtue Medical Center was looking for a solution that was both effective and efficient. The hospital had a large number of computers and servers on their network, and a limited staff. Given the critical nature of their business, the organization needs to be "Up and running" one hundred percent of...; Tags: Hospital, Information Technology, Server, Community Hospital, Healthcare; Case studies 2008-03-06
Hospital Health System Manages Growing Fleet of Laptops: As a leading healthcare provider with a state-of-the-art electronic health record system, Allina Hospitals & Clinics required a way to protect its rapidly growing laptop population from computer theft and potential data breach. Find out how the hospital system deployed Computrace asset tracking to monitor 2,700 laptops...; Tags: Asset, Hospital, Absolute Software, Electronic Health Record, Health Care, Laptop Computer, E-health, Asset Management, Notebooks, Healthcare, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets; Case studies 2008-03-01
If we had more open spectrum would Hospitals need wires?: One of the general themes of this HIMSS show is the growth of WiFi. Trapeze Networks was doing big businesss with its WiFi management systems. Since radio waves propagate in a circle but most rooms are square, hospitals need to assure service everywhere and like to bring...; Tags: Trapeze Networks, Hospital, Vocera Communications, Management, Spectrum, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Healthcare, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-27
Microsoft HealthVault is nothing like Google Health: Microsoft HealthVault is a platform for sharing medical data. Google Health could, if it chose, become a HealthVault application. Microsoft might even pay to help make that happen, th company said at HIMSS. (Click here for the full drawing at right.) Grad Conn, senior...; Tags: Google Inc., Hospital, SDK, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft HealthVault, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-26
BidShift uses Saas to right nursing shortage: Every trade show I attend features little gems, and HIMSS 2008 is no exception. One such gem is BidShift, which is tucked behind the giant Cerner booth. It's Software as a Service (SaaS) applied to the nursing shortage. Here's how CEO Graham Barnes (right) explained...; Tags: Hospital, Nurse, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-25
What Google doesn't get: Health care computing isn't about search. The winner of the electronic medical record (EMR) wars won't be the vendor who does the least evil. (Picture from an August story in Google Blogoscoped.) This is about the transformation and display of data. The stuff is...; Tags: Google Inc., Risk, Hospital, Electronic Health Record, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-22
Healthcare Provider Eliminates Office Incompatibilities With Open XML: To respect the autonomy of all its users and let them continue using the office suite of their choice, CHU Grenoble recently implemented an architecture based on Open XML Formats. The hospital completely eliminated document exchange issues due to varying formats and at the same time simplified the administration of...; Tags: Hospital, Microsoft Office, XML, Health Care, Healthcare, Productivity; Case studies 2008-02-22
The Grady tragedy and what it means: While candidates are fretting about the plight of the middle class in health care, the safety net of the poor is unraveling. For decades that net consisted of a string of public "charity" hospitals in major cities around the country, funded by local taxpayers. Many doubled as...; Tags: Hospital, Trauma, Charity Hospital, Healthcare, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-20
Hospital Transport Service Saves Money, Boosts Quality With Integrated-Data Solution: MedSTAR Transport provides air-medical and ground-ambulance services to tertiary-care facilities around Washington, D.C., and Baltimore and emergency transport to other area hospitals. To cope with a 25 percent growth rate between 2004 and 2006 and simultaneously meet the strategic and financial goals of its parent organization, MedStar Health, the transport...; Tags: Hospital, Microsoft Corp., MedSTAR Transport, Healthcare; Case studies 2008-02-15
Microsoft releases Hospital IT system as Amalga: Microsoft has chosen Amalga as the name for its hospital IT system and will launch the product at HIMSS in Orlando later this month. A key selling point for Amalga will be its integration, spanning clinical, operational and financial functions.The company calls this kind of software a...; Tags: Hospital, Information Technology, Archiving, Microsoft Corp., Amalga, Amalga System, Business Intelligence, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-13
New Windows Server Technology Makes Children's Hospital Records More Available and Boosts Staff Productivity: The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne, Victoria provides a full range of clinical services, tertiary care, and health programs for children and adolescents. Its 4,000 staff accessed files from a central server. However, this single server was periodically unavailable, for instance during patch updates and system upgrades. As a...; Tags: Hospital, Microsoft Windows Server, Royal Children, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies 2008-02-01
Must Grady close to win health care reform?: A column in the New England Journal of Medicine today notes there are not two health care systems in the U.S., but three. The teetering, tottering "safety net" of "public and voluntary hospitals, community health centers, public health clinics, free clinics, and services donated by private physicians"...; Tags: Hospital, Health Care, Grady Memorial, Comedy, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-01-25