Gai Elhanan, Healthcare IT News
“The HITECH initiative and the promise of effectively coordinated care are fundamentally based on the adoption of standards as an integral part of the larger adoption of healthcare information technology. Numerous types of standards are being promoted, including messaging standards, secure communication standards and data standards. But perhaps, some of the most important standards are those that are not being enforced.
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8 June 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tag(s): Clinical Data, Decision Making, lab, LOINC, Standards
Mccormack J. Health Data Management, 19(3)
The challenges associated with getting lab results in front of clinicians and patients is a lot like peeling an onion. Everytime you peel back a layer, another challenge awaits. And, if you don’t keep going-even when the stench starts to burn your eyes-you might never completely solve the problem.
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28 February 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tag(s): HL7, integration, lab, Standards
ash, biomedme.com
“While most blood tests require shipping a vial of blood to a laboratory for analysis and waiting several days for the results, a new device invented by a team of engineers and students at the University of Rhode Island uses just a pinprick of blood in a portable device that provides results in less than 30 minutes.
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10 January 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Chip, diagnose, lab
Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News
“A study of more than 5,400 patient records from 23 physician practices across the nation shows that physicians often fail to inform patients of abnormal test results, or to document that their patients were informed.
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24 June 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tag(s): lab
