The entire point of IT is to make our lives easier, to enable effective data transmission, leverage pooled resources and automate for the common good. Given Claris Networks’ extensive experience in the health and medical information technology industry, this is especially obvious to us. An article in
Information Week by Marianne McGee pinpoints nine specific ways nationwide health IT adoption and electronic medical records systems will improve patient care.
1. Mobile E-Prescribing
“98,000 Americans die each year from preventable medical mistakes. E-prescribing applications allow doctors to check on patient's medication history, allergies, potential adverse interaction with other drugs,” ultimately saving lives.
2. RFID Patient Tracking
These small Wi-Fi devices are the new hospital bracelets. They help ensure medical staff treat the right patient the right ways and alert personnel if a patient leaves a ward unattended.
3. Mobile Healthcare Applications
Clinicians and patients can enter and access health information very quickly with mobile application enabled laptops, PDAs and smartphones.
4. E-Medical Records
Authorized clinicians can access patient EMRs securely from multiple locations.
5. Pharmacy Safety
Computerized physician order entry allows drug orders to be sent electronically to pharmacies.
6. E-Prescribing Software
Software connects clinicians and payers.
7. Medication Error Tracking
“Business intelligence and clinical decision support tools allow healthcare providers to analyze health data, including zeroing in on how and why medical mistakes, such as drug errors, occur.” This allows for proactive process management and improving staff training.
8. Bedside Medication Barcode Scanning
Scanning devices enable caregivers to reconcile patients with administered medications.
9. Workflow Management Systems
“Pharmacy workflow systems … automate inventory management from the receiving dock to patient's bedside, helping to reduce process inefficiencies and improving drug dispensing accuracy in hospitals.”
Given your research and experience, are there IT-related advances lacking on this list that could also significantly improve patient care?
Who’s looking over your shoulder at your computer? Do you ever wonder that when you work in a public place? Put that concern to rest for good with this
absolutely necessary new product! This prototype creates a warm, snuggly island of security in the middle of a crowded room. Who could live without one!?
It is so new it doesn’t even have a name. They could call it “The Security Blanket,” your “Crocheted Confidence,” “the Workie” (the workaholic cousin of the Snuggie) and sell it on 2:00 AM infomercials. Worried about lurkers? Just knit yourself some privacy!
Anyone have any name better suggestions?
The following
infographic may not be the most easy to understand at first, so let me explain. It shows the percentage of hospitals that adopted an aspect of
EMRs from 2007 to 2010. It’s a very complicated couple of graphs that basically say,
EMR’s aren’t a bandwagon. They’re a proven operational necessity that improve patient care.
The following post was written by our friends at Thinsolutions in Cleveland, OH.
Physicians, nurses and patients all benefit from the implementation of Electronic Medical Records software. If you’ve ever needed a chart when someone else had it checked out, or it was misfiled, you’ll understand.
Gone are the days of hunting down paper charts. With electronic medical records software, all patient information is available with a click of the mouse. Your lab may have a patient’s file open while you’re reviewing that same patient’s medical history.
Once the lab inputs that patient’s test results, you have that data instantly, allowing you to diagnose and treat the patient more efficiently. Furthermore, by ridding your office of stacks of paper filing cabinets, you can create more space for patients or your medical staff.
Learn more about the benefits of electronic medical records software by Thinsolutions, an IT Company serving Cleveland, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, FL and Raleigh-Durham NC
You don't have to ask Zoltar, read Tarot cards or stare at leaves to know the future. Sometimes it's just about asking the right people.You don’t have to ask Zoltar, read Tarot cards or stare at tea leaves to know the future. Sometimes it’s just about asking the right people. You don’t have to ask Zoltar, read Tarot cards or stare at tea leaves to know the future. Sometimes it’s just about asking the right people. You don’t have to ask Zoltar, read Tarot cards or stare at tea leaves to know the future. Sometimes it’s just about asking the right people.
You don’t have to ask Zoltar, read Tarot cards or stare at tea leaves to know the future. Sometimes it’s just about asking the right people.
An article at CRN polled some IT industry execs, asking what 2011 holds for cloud computing. To begin with, in 2011, “partners and end users will start realizing the actual value of the cloud versus determining what it is and where it fits in their organizations.” That’s a big shift, and one that the Knoxville and Chattanooga information technology trends will reflect as in the rest of the developed world.
1. There’ll Be an App for That…In the Enterprise
Just as consumer demands forced Apple to give birth to the iTunes Store, many companies desire a consumer electronics-style experience for their business needs. Enter cloud-based application stores, where an enterprise can purchase, download and deploy business applications in their cloud environment. -- Pat O'Day, CTO & Co-Founder, BlueLock
2. Cloud Stacks Get Real
In 2011, I expect to see a greater demand for fully integrated cloud stacks to support mission critical applications. Clouds built on the principles of ECA provide an integrated stack of infrastructure, platform and software-as-a-service functionality via a single solution. -- Guy Naor, CTO & Co-Founder, Morphlabs
3. Cloud and Mobility Marry
“2011 will be the year cloud and mobile really join forces. With more and more companies empowering their sales force with smart phones and devices like the iPad and Android tablets, implementing a mobile cloud platform will become imperative to remain competitive in this ever evolving market." -- John Barnes, CTO, Model Metrics
4. Household Names Will Bet Big on the Cloud
2011 will be the year when industry giants from across the spectrum -- including major financial institutions, pharmaceuticals and retailers -- will migrate major internal and external IT systems to the cloud. -- Ed Laczynksi, Vice President, Cloud Strategy & Architecture, Datapipe
5. Mobility is King
“There will be more mobile internet users than desktop users by 2014. That means mobile devices will soon be the primary means of consuming cloud services in the enterprise, which has huge implications for how applications are built and how business gets done." -- Mark Koenig, Director of Cloud Strategy, Appirio
How do you foresee these trends affecting your industry?
Can you see any opportunities to gain competitive advantage in your market using this technology?