HIMSS, in conjunction with the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems at the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business, has released a new web site that tracks more than 500 community health data sharing projects in the US. Known as the “HIT Dashboard” and based on almost a years worth of […]
I guess this is the start of the “year in review” stories. Here's the first, on the legislative progress of HIT.
Technology Daily notes that while 20 bills with health IT
components were introduced this year in Congress, substantial progress
has been slow. Congress in a conference report for the Labor, HHS and
Education appropriations bill (HR 3010) authorized […]
Hospital CIOs are constantly working to break down barriers between point solutions to bring enterprise-wide solutions to technology acquisition, deployment, and most importantly, ongoing management. Years ago the challenge was the proliferation of departmental information systems, then referred to as “islands of information.” One of today's challenges is the proliferation of various wireless technologies, including […]
