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Ready for real Indian medicine?: With political sovereignty over quality-killing issues such as medical malpractice and a "clean-sheet" approach, Medical Onshoring could provide certain services (e.g., cardio-vascular, artificial knees) at prices at least 15% less than local hospitals. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Hospital, North Dakota, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Is a wired hospital a better hospital?: Is a wired hospital a better hospital?Is a wired hospital a better hospital?I would think a wired hospital is a better hospital. If they are wired they would have more resources to do research and collaborate with other hospitals. Luckily I haven't had to be checked into any those...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, hospital, wired hospital; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Is a wired hospital a better hospital?: The survey, which covers 2007, is sure to fuel the hype for hospital computing, with vendors quickly following-up with press releases from customers on the list. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Hospital, Automation, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Are hospitals really safe?: Are hospitals really safe?More on the Medical Device Interoperability Program MD PnPDear Mr. Piquepaille, Thank you for referencing our work.The Technology Review story may have left the impression that I'm not very optimistic about the adoption of medical device interoperability. However, the story didn’t have enough room to convey that...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, medical device, hospital; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
Are hospitals really safe?: Now that we have access to more information about health care and what goes on inside a hospital, what should we be most worried about? How do human errors prevent us from getting the best possible health care when we do have access to fabulous diagnostic tools and intelligent health...; Tags: Software, Interoperability, Patient, Hospital, Researcher, Medical Device, Healthcare, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-09

Lack of RFID standards leads to media panic: There is no standard that will tell hospitals what frequencies the tags are using. Thus they can't tell when the frequencies being used by the tags might interfere with other gear. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Hospital, Media, Medical Device, Standards, RFID, Healthcare, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-25
WiFi guys find hospitals a nice niche: "Historically critical applications ran on proprietary networks owned by the engineering departments or telemetry. It's moving onto a shared network, 802.11, with therapy and patient monitoring. Most often that network is owned by the IT department. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Hospital, Network, Monitoring, MobileAccess, Healthcare, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-06
The value in name patients: In all the coverage of Sen. Edward Kennedy's brain tumor, one fact has gone little remarked. The surgery is taking place at Duke. Not in Massachusetts. In North Carolina. The surgeon is Dr. Allan H. Friedman (right, from Duke University Medical Center). He was...; Tags: Patient, Hospital, Dr., Duke University, Healthcare, Branding, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-02
Where is the money going in health care, and why?: I stumbled today upon an ADVANCE 2008 investment outlook for health care, and decided you might like me to hit some of the high points. The piece is written by James BrennanÂ right, managing director of VirtualCDO, a medical merger outfit whose Web page describes him as the...; Tags: Patient, Hospital, Health Care, James Brennan, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, E-health, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Cellular medical imaging for the people: This is not an innovation which will make much sense to Americans. A UC Berkeley scientist, Boris Rubinsky,Â 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
Hospital Reduces PC Imaging Time by More Than 75 Percent, Increases Level of Service: Central DuPage Hospital needed to decrease the time for reimaging computers when users faced issues. The hospital now uses Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 and a custom-developed Web interface for remote reimaging of PCs. The hospital estimates a savings of U.S.$150,000 in IT efficiencies and has reduced the time to...; Tags: Hospital, PC, Imaging, Microsoft Corp., Healthcare; Case studies 2008-05-01
Beaumont Hospitals Reduces IT Costs and Improves System Performance: Beaumont Hospitals is a regional health provider with three community hospitals: a 1,061-bed hospital and academic center in Royal Oak, a 346-bed hospital in Troy, and a 289-bed hospital in Grosse Pointe. Beaumont Hospitals wanted to reduce IT administration costs throughout the hospital system and simplify management of more than...; Tags: Hospital, Oracle Corp., Performance, Information Technology, Beaumont Hospitals, Linux, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Software; Case studies 2008-05-01
Homerton University Hospital Accelerates Employee Learning Through Integrated and Personalized Training: Homerton University Hospital wanted to improve competency of the 287 users of Oracle-based financial and purchasing processes and cut training time for new starters and identify gaps in user knowledge and leverage Oracle's full functionality to optimize staff and process efficiency. The challenge was to provide refresher courses, post-upgrade training,...; Tags: Hospital, Oracle Corp., Training, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources; Case studies 2008-05-01
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 hopeÂ is that charitable fundraisingÂ and a small statewideÂ car tag taxÂ will save the state's only...; Tags: Hospital, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Hospital Uses Business Intelligence Solution to Save Time and Gain Insight From Data: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia CHOP is a leading pediatric hospital based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The hospital's department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, which collects and analyzes patient specimens in specialized laboratories, needed to improve processes to meet the demands presented by the hospital's growth. Specifically, the department sought to...; Tags: Business Intelligence, Hospital, Department, Children, Healthcare, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies 2008-04-01
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 nowÂ calculatingÂ theirÂ return...; Tags: Hospital, Midland Memorial Hospital, Systems David Whiles, Midland, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-12