Seoul-based Asan Medical Center (AMC) has been validated for Stage 6 of the new HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM). The new INFRAM, introduced in March, assesses an organisation’s infrastructure maturity based on cybersecurity, adoption, sustainability,…
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Beverley Bryant, former director of digital transformation at NHS England, and joint chief digital information officer at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS FT, is undertaking a rapid…
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Image of the Stanmore hospital site provided by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) has announced plans to implement the Epic electronic health record (EHR),…
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South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute are seeking hospital participants in its pilot project to improve medical image exchange.Based on a media release, the pilot project…
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The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has launched a medical drone delivery service in partnership with healthcare logistics firm Apian and Alphabet’s drone-delivery company Wing to provide on-demand aerial transport of…
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This past summer, the U.S. Supreme Court, with its Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, put an end to the principle that federal courts should defer to federal regulatory agencies’ expertise when deciding on ambiguous statutes.The…
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The following is a guest article by Tom Furr, CEO at PatientPay
Forty percent of U.S. hospitals are losing money, a Kaufman Hall analysis shows, even at a time when overall hospital margins are growing….
What You Should Know:
– Philips and Jackson Health System have released the findings of a collaborative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) demonstrating the substantial sustainability benefits of transitioning to Philips’ next-generation monitoring solutions.
– The study,…
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I spent several hours this weekend fighting with healthcare technology systems that haven’t been adapted to play nice with the new ways that some of us work as physicians.
In the past, many physicians…
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the Better Meds electronic prescribing and medicine management (ePMA) system and integrated it into its electronic patient record (EPR) system.
Inpatient wards at Darent Valley Hospital…
