ABQAURP News
ABQAURP News
ABQAURP News
ABQAURP News
Physician Practices Gain EHR Connectivity, Interoperability with New McKesson Offering
McKesson announced Practice Partner Connect™,
providing an interoperability platform for physician practices to more
securely exchange information with other practices, patients,
hospitals, and payors.
IBM to Acquire Initiate Systems
IBM announced it has signed a definitive agreement to
acquire Initiate Systems, a market leader in data integrity software
for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations.
The Laboratory as a Service Line and Revenue Generator
The Laboratory as a Service Line and Revenue Generator
At a time when clinical quality, cost-effectiveness, and healthcare automation have become daily news topics, inexplicably one of the most advanced sectors of healthcare has been largely ignored: the laboratory and its laboratory information system or LIS.
Stories of Success! Health IT’s Impact on National Safety Goals & Priorities
Emphasizing the link between improvements in healthcare quality and
patient safety and health IT — HIMSS and ASQ (American Society for
Quality) announce the selection of 16 real-world and peer-reviewed case
study submissions.
New Home-to-Hospital Connected Critical Care Program at MassGeneral’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Puts Attending Doctors at Patient Bedside 24/7
A new, pioneering
home-to-hospital program, Connected Pediatric Critical Care, features
real-time video communication, enabling the on-call attending
physician, when at home, to personally examine the patient and
communicate directly with the PICU staff, other specialists, and even
the child’s parents.
Clinical Documentation: More than a Cumbersome Chore
Clinical Documentation: More than a Cumbersome Chore
“Charting” is often viewed by nurses as a necessary evil. Sure, deep down most nurses know that the exercise is essential — and that regulatory bodies such as the Joint Commission, National Quality Forum, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are looking for the clinical documentation that illustrates that care is being delivered in line with a set of established standards.