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Streamlining communication: transferring patient data between providers, payers and post-acute care facilities is easier, thanks to automated systems.		Apr 1, 2007	1312
Manic for medication safety: bar codes and drug information databases are helping to reduce medication errors.	Cover story	Feb 1, 2007	2389
Clinical systems are a "go" in real life: clinical information systems have become more than just integrated with other healthcare IT systems. Now they are integrated into the daily routines of healthcare providers.		Jan 1, 2007	2910
Banking on safety. Detroit Medical Center fast tracks adoption of CPOE, EMR and other allied systems.		Nov 1, 2006	1101
Taking the pulse of practice managers: seven practice managers discuss what works best with their current practice management systems. They also join an "open mike" on how they view federal initiatives and imperatives affecting their futures.	Column	Oct 1, 2006	4167
Claiming victory: speed and accuracy are the two linchpins for healthcare organizations involved in any aspect of claims and coding.	Cover story	Sep 1, 2006	2112
Building a safety net: by leveraging huge amounts of data and applying it to a wide array of projects and purposes, hospitals stay focused on patient safety and make headway.		Aug 1, 2006	2355
Inventory control: bar codes and wireless technologies help Gundersen Lutheran Health System manage its supply chain.		Jul 1, 2006	1553
As easy as ... EMR: EMRs aren't routine technology yet, but ease of use and demonstrated gains in efficiency remain two of the top incentives for adopting them.		May 1, 2006	2741
Payers hold the key to the NHIN: the role of health plans, payers and insurers in the 10-year drive toward nationwide interoperability is enormous, and not yet fully defined.		Apr 1, 2006	3330
Counting on efficiency: healthcare organizations in growth mode need financial information systems that can accommodate expansion.	Cover story	Mar 1, 2006	2356
2+2 = benefits by the dozen: two large end-user organizations deploy two robust clinical information systems and prove that great expectations, coupled with great preparations, can lead to exactly the desired results.		Feb 1, 2006	2573
On track: the need to identify and track healthcare entities within the healthcare delivery process--whether they be equipment, medications, devices, patients or staff--has never been greater. Information technology is at the ready to serve. Here is a look at how three healthcare organizations address their own challenges of identification and tracking.		Jan 1, 2006	2941
PACS: small, medium or large: regardless of size, every hospital that has installed PACS technology can demonstrate benefits. Organizations that gained the most knew exactly what they wanted to achieve with the implementation.	Cover Story	Nov 1, 2005	2408
Better business, more money: administrators of three physician practices offer insight into the financial and efficiency benefits of moving to an integrated PM/EMR system.	Cover Story	Oct 1, 2005	3308
Bolstering bottom lines: nowhere is the domino effect more noticeable than in healthcare organizations that strengthen their coding functions and claims operations with specialized software. It streamlines and expedites coding, reduces A/R days and helps bring in more revenue.	Cover Story	Sep 1, 2005	2300
The enterprise take on patient safety: IT systems to ensure patient safety aren't limited to the pharmacy or nurses' station. Whole organizations have embraced the patient safety initiative with an enterprise commitment and perspective.		Aug 1, 2005	2159
All roads lead to Soarian: a Virginia healthcare system prepared well for the lessons--and months--involved in installing a new HIS.		Jul 1, 2005	1925
Look before you leap: small and mid-size physician practices can eradicate EMR challenges with homework and planning.		May 1, 2005	2553
Right on target: a rural hospital gives its physicians remote access to patient data with an SSL VPN.		May 1, 2005	1037
Plans push IT: with an eye to the future, three very different health plan organizations look to a new generation of information management solutions.	Cover Story	Apr 1, 2005	2248
Crunch time: new generation of financial information systems makes crunching numbers--accessing data to make smart decisions--faster and easier.		Mar 1, 2005	1918
Putting patients first: regardless of the application implemented, healthcare organizations are on a steadfast mission to improve patient safety with the use of IT systems.		Feb 1, 2005	2377
Wireless by design: three separate and dramatically different organizations made the decision to shed hard wires--and, in some cases, paper. All are at various stages in their wireless evolution, and all have been challenged to get their arms around a range of devices, individual work styles, implementations and platforms.		Jan 1, 2005	2376
Flexibility all: Spokane-based Health Care Associates expands its offerings using a unique model of consumer- and provider-centric plans.		Dec 1, 2004	1375
Drivers and outcomes of PACS: benefits abound for healthcare organizations that deploy digital imaging and archiving systems. Improved productivity, decreased full-time employee numbers and strong clinician adoption are just a few of the net gains. But they don't accrue without strategic planning and elbow grease.	Cover Story	Nov 1, 2004	2789
Caring and sharing: as the community care model of treating patients takes hold, physicians gain big from using a PM/EMR systems network and from sharing patient information electronically.		Oct 1, 2004	1843
If you're not coding, you're not billing: the world of codes and HIM alike represents a fast-moving landscape.	Cover Story	Sep 1, 2004	1902
Investments pay off with financial information systems; CFOs are more involved than ever in missions to integrate clinical data with financial data, and then mine it to maximize financial outcomes.		Aug 1, 2004	1677
"Wouldn't it be neat to keep all this information on a PDA?" The inevitable is about to happen. As physicians and nurses become more enthusiastic users of wireless technology, healthcare organizations find it is more important than ever to match their wireless strategies and purchases to clinicians' individual work styles.		Jul 1, 2004	2064
Enhancing the enterprise: EMRs offer big gains for healthcare organizations of all sizes.	Cover Story	May 1, 2004	2607
Bases covered: multistate managed care organization uses information technology to meet regulatory requirements and save more than $1 million in labor costs.		Apr 1, 2004	1674
Small but mighty: a rural Pennsylvania hospital becomes the epitome of efficiency with IT.		Mar 1, 2004	1583
Safety first: IT has made huge inroads into improving patient safety Four healthcare end-users discuss their organizations' latest IT adoptions of patient safety technologies.	Cover Story	Feb 1, 2004	2744
End-users: four benefits: countless: Clinical information systems aren't limited to documentation in acute care hospitals. Four end-users of EDIS, bar coding, oncology and patient tracking IT share insights on the benefits and challenges of stretching CIS to its limits.		Jan 1, 2004	2882
PACS as an enterprise resource: digital imaging comes of age, as improved Web, storage, network and EMR technologies support its extended reach throughout the healthcare enterprise.		Nov 1, 2003	2016
Serious business: while physicians are busy seeing patients, practice managers drive the financial success of the operation with information technology.		Oct 1, 2003	2400
Opening the floodgates of usability: clinical information systems allow free flow of patient data to clinicians when and where they need it.		Sep 1, 2003	2408
Untethered: users cite convenience and efficiency as main reasons for adopting wireless technology, and demonstrate gains in productivity. (Wireless).		Jul 1, 2003	1769
Having it your way: three physicians who were early adopters and who remain vocal EMR advocates share their insights about the utilization, challenges and benefits of EMRs. (EMRs/CPRs)(Cover Story).		May 1, 2003	2230
No more plain vanilla: choosing an HIS is a decision of epic proportion. While the system is still the proverbial workhouse, CIOs today look to the HIS for specific results and a demonstrable payoff in the future. (Healthcare Information Systems).		Apr 1, 2003	2267
Managed care's challenges: health plans use new IT to meet the burgeoning challenges of costs and consumerism. (Health Plans And Technology).		Mar 1, 2003	2084
LIS and the enterprise: lab information systems play a pivotal role in patient care, and IT systems have evolved to meet current-day users' needs. (Laboratory Information Systems).		Feb 1, 2003	2215
Ready as ready can be: many healthcare IT departments are already prepared for HIPAA. (Countdown to HIPAA).		Jan 1, 2003	1918
Safe and secure: with HIPAA deadlines looming and a prolific number of security choices on the horizon, healthcare organizations face a challenging future. (Security Authentication).	Industry Overview	Dec 1, 2002	2047
You say tomato and ... while the practice management landscape has blossomed with progressive technology, still differences exist in issues of EMR integration, and HIPAA endures as the looming challenge of the decade. (Practice Management Systems).	Industry Overview	Oct 1, 2002	2117
Dueling platforms: midwestern healthcare enterprise migrates to mainframe-like servers. (Network servers: case history).		Aug 1, 2002	1248
The ABCs of CPRs and EMRs: definitions, semantics, product differences and the need for demonstrated results hinder wide-scale adoption. (CPR/EMR).		May 1, 2002	2064
Right place, right time: Sutter Health turns co-hosting facility into data center. (Profiles In I.T.).		May 1, 2002	1426
Chasing efficiency: with clinical, financial and research priorities in mind, hospital CFOs expect and demand the most from financial applications. (Financial Applications).		Mar 1, 2002	2308
Managed care grows up: NMHCC convention to focus on new solutions. (NMHCC Preview).		Mar 1, 2002	1449
IT in the ED: the nature of emergency department medicine means specific and comprehensive IT needs for clinicians. (Emergency Department Information Systems).		Feb 1, 2002	1614
Humana leverages the web: web-based applications facilitate systems integration. (Systems Integration).		Jan 1, 2002	1408
Facing new challenges: the healthcare IT sector addresses systems integration, EMRs, capital expenses and living in communities altered by current events at the 2002 HIMSS convention. (HIMSS Preview).		Jan 1, 2002	2016
Integration Crossroads.		Oct 1, 2001	2517
The Great ASP Debate.		Jul 1, 2001	1955
LIS Shake-out.		Jun 1, 2001	1932
Coast-to-Coast Conferences.		May 1, 2001	1815
Build Your Website on a Budget.		May 1, 2001	950
Getting Wired.		Apr 1, 2001	2752
Cyber Credentialing.		Feb 1, 2001	1257
Mobile Computing.		Jan 1, 2001	1578