Vol. 6 No. 24, November 25, 2009

eHealthRecord.info Archives

eHealthRecord.info Archives November 2009

Vol. 6 No. 24, November 25, 2009

FACTS AND STATS

New electronic record systems installed in thousands of U.S. hospitals have done little to rein in skyrocketing healthcare costs, Harvard University researchers said in a study published in The American Journal of Medicine.

A review of roughly 4,000 hospitals from 2003 to 2007 found that while many had moved away from the paper files that still dominate the U.S. healthcare system, administrative costs actually rose, even among the most high-tech institutions. Hospitals with the highest costs tended to be smaller, for-profit, non-teaching ones in cities.

Source:Hospital Computing and the Costs and Quality of Care: A National Study
Date: November 20, 2009

PRE-PRINT FROM ELECTRONICHEALTHCARE

Innovation in ALC - Evaluation and Lessons Learned from a Pilot of Electronic Resource Matching and Referral to In-patient Rehab/CCC in an Acute Care Organization

[Pre-print from ElectronicHealthcare, Volume 8, Number 3. Made available for two weeks.]

AROUND THE WORLD

Why Kenya Needs to Implement E-Health

Thailand: Share Info, Improve Health

Police Probe Breach of NHS Smartcard Security as E-Records Launched in London

NEWS FROM CANADA

E-Health Leaders Win National Awards for Outstanding Contribution to E-Health in Ontario

Dream Team No Longer an Option to Save 2012 eHealth Objectives

TRENDS