Patient data security nightmarecoming to a courtroom near you
February 8th 2001One of healthcare's worst security nightmares was played out in a mock trial at the HIMSS meeting this week. In the dock before an actual jurist in the lighthearted, though sobering, session was the fictitious Grits Healthcare System and its equally
Wireless makes inroads in hospitals
February 8th 2001Wireless communication technology already meets some needs in today's healthcare world in spite of limitations in its applicability, a HIMSS audience learned Tuesday afternoon. "Healthcare providers need time-sensitive data immediately," said Michael
Imaging integration plays essential role in PACS success
February 7th 2001Imaging must be integrated into the enterprise information infrastructure if the process improvements possible with PACS are to be realized, according to a speaker at HIMSS Wednesday. Many of the benefits of PACS extend well beyond the radiology
Practical wireless: Is there such a thing?
February 7th 2001"Wireless integration," sometimes promoted as the most promising new development in healthcare since penicillin, may have trouble living up to the hype, according to speakers at a HIMSS education session Tuesday afternoon. "Cellular systems have a long
Hospitals going paperless save big
February 7th 2001Moving to a paperless system can be expensive for hospitals at the start, but huge benefits in cost savings and added productivity eventually result, a HIMSS education session was told Tuesday. You may have to spend $34 million to go paperless, which
U.S. military plans worldwide electronic medical record
February 6th 2001The U.S. Department of Defense is planning a comprehensive electronic medical record that eventually will be available anywhere in the world where a military patient is seen by military providers, according to a presentation Tuesday at the HIMSS meeting.
HIPAA becomes number one IT healthcare priority
February 6th 2001The looming federal patient privacy regulations and approaching compliance deadlines have become the number one IT priority among healthcare providers, according to preliminary results of a survey released Monday at the HIMSS conference. Analysis of
Computerizing clinical decision support: lessons
February 5th 2001Web-enabled clinical support software developed for oncologists provides sophisticated rules-based treatment recommendations based on established oncology clinical guidelines, according to a speaker at the HIMSS conference this morning. "Rising costs
Clinicians propose biology-modeled database architecture
February 5th 2001Electronic medical records are based on input-oriented architectures separated into laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, and other hospital divisions, but if given a choice, clinicians would reorganize the records around physiological systems. Analysis
IHE lays foundation for multispecialty integration
January 22nd 2001Five years from now, will Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise-like initiatives function across all medical disciplines, paving the way for the first truly enterprise-wide electronic patient record? That is the vision of several participants in the IHE
PACS/RIS vendors bring voice recognition to radiology
November 13th 2000Voice recognition has found an unlikely ally: PACS. Every major imaging and PACS vendor now offers, or is on the verge of launching, digital dictation capabilities integrated with their radiology workstations. Some even go a step further and voice-enable
The IHE demonstrations: Carving healthcare's Rosetta stone
September 18th 2000Using the polyglot of digital medical data to maximum patient advantage requires a Rosetta stone to integrate various enterprise-wide information systems -- a monumental task that is being addressed by an industry initiative called Integrating the
Screening breast MR diagnoses cancer in women with history of LCIS
Women with a history of biopsy-proven lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) appear to benefit from the addition of MRI to mammography for annual breast cancer screening. A retrospective study from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute presented Sunday at the 2010 RSNA meeting indicates the application of screening MRI for this at-risk population can double the cancer detection rate.