Articles from Healthcare Informatics (March 1, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A clear case: selective investment in case management applications can yield significant returns.	Hagland, Mark		1257
A competitive edge: whether for profit or not, CIOs are under pressure to make sure every IT dollar yields concrete benefits.	Hagland, Mark		1654
A house divided: bridging the chasm between clinical and financial applications dominated the discussion during 2008.	Raths, David		2999
A second opinion: in today's economic environment, CIOs must tap all resources before signing on the dotted line.			110
Ambulatory PACS: as the number of patient visits increases, so too does the demand for more efficient and automated imaging.			698
Best of the blogs.			1291
BJC signs on for Web Services.			109
Blade runner: blade server and virtualization technology can help hospitals save money but they are far from silver bullets.	Lawrence, Daphne		1377
California network demonstrates lab data sharing.			135
Cash infusion.			245
CHIME: CIOs supported ICD-10 but had doubts about readiness.			174
Evenflow: CIOs are turning to patient-flow technologies to reduce wait times and increase patient satisfaction.	Raths, David		1350
Follow that pump: as medical devices grow more expensive, tracking them becomes absolutely imperative.	Hagland, Mark		1010
HCI's top 10 postings from 2008: into the Blogosphere: touching on subjects from HIPAA to HIMSS, here are the 10 most-viewed postings from HCI's Blogosphere.		Company overview	9156
HL7 announces first EHR standard for child healthcare.			121
Identity theft.			109
KLAS report: RFID still not mainstream.			135
Measuring human capital: after reviewing hardware and software budgets, CIOs should study the return on their HR dollars.	Tolan, Tim		600
MGMA: IDs could save providers $1 billion.			123
No free rides: now that the healthcare IT industry is getting what it wants, will it want what it gets?	Guerra, Anthony		570
Ochsner centralizes image storage.			115
On the outs: for hospitals short on resources, outsourcing can offer a viable option; for others, tasks are better handled in-house.	Gamble, Kate Huvane		1981
Online health informatics program offered at UC Davis.			131
Pa. hospitals target HAIs.			113
Raising the bar: as expectations of clinical IT applications increase, KLAS scores often head south.	Hagland, Mark		3058
Return on information: whether you evaluate projects using return on investment or some other measure, learning about the following strategies is sound business.		Cover story	224
St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan.			88
Study: health IT linked with lower mortality rates.			161
Survey: U.S. physicians slow to adopt HIT.			197
Take one: leadership and support were critical as UT Southwestern successfully completed the first phase of its EMR roll-out.	Gunasekaran, Suresh		988
The ROI of HIT.			344
Truth hurts?			92
UMass Memorial connects patient records.			129
Ups and downs: Eagle systems soared, license fees inched upward, and LIS vendors battled it out back in 1989.	Ciotti, Vince		709
Waste management: smart CIOs are borrowing techniques from other industries to remove waste and save costs.	Gamble, Kate Huvane		1871
Who are you? Plucked from science fiction, palm-vein patient authentication is a cutting-edge technology that can yield major cost avoidance.	Lawrence, Daphne		1821