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Hospitals Save Costs, Time with Wireless Tags
A typical hospital owns more infusion pumps than licensed beds. Although not every patient needs a pump, leaving many…
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Health IT Must Target Fraud, Group Says
Health information technology can—and should—be designed to prevent fraud. Such are the conclusions of two studies announced Monday by…
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Government Sets Big Health IT Goals, Awards Big Grants
The Department of Health and Human Services has had a busy week in health IT—it set forth broad goals…
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Government Health IT Push May Need to Circle Back
As part of a push to promote information technology, the health IT czar announced plans Wednesday to track how…
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ADP Offers Healthcare Decision Support
Patients are increasingly presented with a bewildering array of options to pay for health care. In response, health plans…
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Pango’s Web-Based RFID Application Tracks Assets
Pango Networks Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of a new Web-based framework that can let hospitals know where expensive…
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Health IT Report: Coordinating Patient Care Takes Back Seat to Processing Claims
Over the next five years, health information technology is likely to focus more and more on administrative functions like…
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Electronic Health Data Helping Katrina Victims
How do you take your daily medicine if you can’t remember what prescriptions you have? That’s the situation facing…
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Drug Scientists Slow to Adopt Open Source
A surge in open-source technology offers many businesses a potent combination of power and low cost, but the pharmaceutical…