Molly Merrill
Apple introduced the iPad 2 on Tuesday with a special event that included a video highlighting the technology's use in different fields, with an appearance by John Halamka, MD, chief information officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Rather than focusing on new construction, health systems are renovating or expanding with an eye toward IT advancement and green construction, according to a survey conducted by Health Facilities Management magazine and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.
U.S. hospitals are not taking advantage of the opportunities Facebook creates to better engage patients, build healthcare communities or develop their hospital brands, according to a new study.The study, which is touted as the first to look at how hospitals are using Facebook, was conducted by Verasoni Ah Ha! Insights, a new research arm of Verasoni Worldwide, and by business consulting firm Simon Associates Management Consultants,
Although social media has the potential to have a positive impact on healthcare, there is need for greater accountability and guidelines, especially for physicians who may be risking their patients' privacy, according to a researcher from George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. According to Katherine Chretien, MD, associate professor of medicine, some physicians who are regular users of Twitter are disseminating unethical and unprofessional content.
When transitioning an on-premise solution to the cloud, there are certain areas where organizations can expect to see a high return on investment while also assuring the highest level of patient care, according to one expert.Andrew Sroka, CEO of Fischer International, recently shared with Healthcare IT News, the most common myths and risks associated with the cloud. See: Cloud computing myths vs. risks.
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Electronically protected health information (ePHI) has become a target for malicious attack, according to a recent report by Redspin, Inc., a provider of HIPAA risk analysis and IT security assessment services. The report was conducted between August 2009 - when the HITECH breach notification interim final rule (IFR) went into effect - and the end of 2010. The findings were based on 225 security breaches affecting 6,067,751 individuals.
In one of the first formal studies of social networking websites targeting patients, researchers in the Children's Hospital Boston Informatics Program found that sites targeted at diabetes patients varied in both the quality of information they provide and the safeguards they take for protecting patient privacy. Researchers at Children's performed an in-depth evaluation of ten diabetes websites. Their audit found large variations in quality and safety across sites, with room for improvement across the board.
Cloud computing has become a hot topic among healthcare CIOs, who are divided about its benefits. Andrew Sroka, president and CEO of Fischer International, says the debate over cloud computing is well-justified given the proliferation of soft data, new patient privacy standards and ever-changing regulation. Sroka shares with Healthcare IT News the most common myths and potential risks associated with deploying IT processes via cloud computing.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared a new mobile radiology application that allows physicians to view medical images on the iPhone and iPad.The application is the first cleared by the FDA for viewing images and making medical diagnoses based on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear medicine technology, such as positron emission tomography (PET).