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The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...
In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...
This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...
This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...
This toolkit is a user-friendly “how-to” guide to help accelerate the elimination of health care ...
In conjunction with Health Services Research, this webinar showcases health IT developments in th...
Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...
A special issue of Health Services Research on “Health Information Technology” is now available. ...
The 2014 AHA Chair-elect Jonathan Perlin, MD, co-authored this paper and companion financial mod...
St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...
Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...
Yuma District HospitalYuma, CO12 Beds The Problem Yuma District Hospital, located in Yuma, Color...
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc., have had a long-...
In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...
Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...
Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.– 633 beds– 3,000-plus employees In 1997, Miss...
Telepsychiatry is playing a pivotal role in providing timely care to hospitalized mental health p...
According to the Pew research center, 74 percent of all adults in the United States use the Inte...
Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...
Beginning in 2014, the reporting of clinical quality measures will change for all providers. Elec...
Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a comprehensive toolkit focused on the prevalence and im...
This journal article sought to determine the effects of EHRs on ambulatory quality in a community...
Background: Little information exists about what primary care physicians and patients experience ...
An Alliance for Health Reform Toolkit, produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundat...
Background: Assessment of patient safety culture has recently expanded in inpatient settings, but...
E-mail, e-books, e-commerce. And now for patients, eVisits. At the University of Pittsburgh Medic...
This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...
St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...
San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo, CA307 Beds The Problem San Mateo Medical Center has collecte...
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...
This commentary presents a model developed to explore how health information technology affects c...
To perform the study, Health System Change researchers conducted 114 interviews in 2010 with part...
Clinical IT systems create great opportunities and challenges, especially for rural hospitals. St...
Hospital IT departments are facing what one executive calls a "tsunami of activities, expectation...
Integrating the electronic health record to improve the overall care and health of the communitie...
In the wake of more widespread use of health IT, the Department of Health and Human Services aske...
Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...
The article discusses how the Beacon community program has leveraged health information technolog...
The content of this best-practices guide, and the process by which it was assembled, are emblemat...
The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...
The Problem According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects about 5.7 million...