February 15, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
article
Many OBs and delivery room nurses can benefit greatly from having access to an “expert opinion” right at the bedside to help them make crucial decisions. Yoni Barnhard, M.D., points to a technology that he says every labor and delivery unit in America should have.
January 22, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Providers are looking to third-party vendors to keep pace with clinical evidence, but many struggle to embed that content into their electronic medical record (EMR) and clinical workflow, according to a new report from Orem, Ut.-based KLAS Research.
December 7, 2012 Mark Hagland
blog
The October issue of The American Journal of Managed Care included a fascinating article, "Implementation of EHR-Based Strategies to Improve outpatient CAD Care," in which a group of researchers documented how EHR-facilitated physician alerts alone aren’t enough to improve outcomes for patients with such chronic illnesses as coronary artery disease. It turns out, success requires a savvy combination of financial incentives, IT alerts, and good data analysis.
December 5, 2012 Michael Craige
blog
Rapid improvements in technology, semantic data structures, informatics professional collaboration and sequencing technologies are not necessarily the only gaps needed for the realization of personalized medicine (improving genomic and phenotypic data integration) but these must be taken into account on how best to exploit the opportunities to facilitate personalized medicine.
November 22, 2012 Mark Hagland
blog
What seems obvious, on both the macro and micro levels, is that physicians can no longer practice medicine effectively without strong, effective clinical decision support tools at the point of care. Case in point: a close friend’s holiday emergency room experience.
November 20, 2012 Joe Marion
blog
Well, it’s almost that time again! The annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is the largest radiology meeting of the year, and typically the place where vendors tend to introduce new technology. This year should be no exception, and it should address some interesting areas as both technology users and vendors cope with a changing healthcare regulatory environment.
November 5, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
Four medical informaticists present findings and learnings from their research and development work in the area of providing clinical decision support to physicians treating patients with co-morbidities
October 23, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
blog
I’ve learned that being given the freedom to try new things, fail, and succeed, can ultimately lead to innovation, professional growth, and personal satisfaction. I saw the power and promise of iterative learning at a presentation on Watson, IBM’s technology that uses the ability to analyze both structured and unstructured data, natural language capabilities, hypothesis generation, and evidence-based learning to support medical professionals as they make decisions.
October 22, 2012 Joe Marion
blog
Another year is rapidly drawing to a close. But, before the year-end holidays there is that “little” event in Chicago after Thanksgiving called the RSNA (Radiological Society of North America) annual meeting (http://rsna.org/Annual_Meeting.aspx). For anyone who has attended, they will know that it is a huge event that is next to impossible to cover despite spanning almost a week. I am trying to put together my “wish list” for what I need to see this year.
October 13, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
At the five-hospital Inova Health System in northern Virginia, Daniel Rosenthal, M.D. is helping to lead a groundbreaking effort to better predict the need for interventions and optimize care transitions, using state-of-the-art clinical information tools in innovative ways.
October 4, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
At the vast UPMC health system in Pittsburgh, Francis X. Solano, M.D., and Jim Venturella have been deeply involved with a broad cadre of their colleagues in helping to support practicing physicians in the organization’s medical groups with the evidence-based information needed to improve care quality—and document that improvement
September 26, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
At Northwest Hospital in Seattle, optimizing the planning for the implementation of CPOE and for evidence-based order sets has taken several fascinating turns. Gregory Schroedl, M.D., the hospital’s chief medical officer, shares his perspectives on what’s worked well and why.
