Profile of Nicole Lewis
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Articles by Nicole Lewis
posted in April 2010
4/30/2010
The funds will be used to boost the online health information firm's content, sales, and advertising platform.
4/29/2010
Vish Sankaran used his post to urge federal agencies to collaborate with one another and to adopt interoperable health IT.
4/27/2010
Nearly one in 10 adults surveyed report using a Web site to record health information.
4/26/2010
Dell says traditional health IT vendors will lose market share as the medical industry converts from film to digital medical imaging.
4/26/2010
Researchers hope the 30-year study will yield definitive answers on whether the use of mobile handsets is linked to brain cancer or other disorders.
4/22/2010
Socioeconomic conditions decrease the ability of adults with chronic diseases to gain Internet access.
4/21/2010
The HIT sector has pulled in 20% less in venture capital funding year-over-year.
4/21/2010
The use of digitized prescriptions written by healthcare providers grew 181 percent in a one-year period, study shows.
4/20/2010
Cultural change, training and communication are key to solid EMR implementations, survey says.
4/19/2010
Privately held health IT providers could be prime acquisition targets for larger companies seeking health information exchange solutions, report says.
4/16/2010
The impending addition to Oracle's Health Sciences division makes a SaaS-based integrated research suite to help manage drug trials.
4/15/2010
Supplying medical providers with health information technology will ultimately yield improvements in patient health, says a government report.
4/13/2010
Study says electronic health records alone have limited ability to control costs or improve quality, at least in the short term.
4/12/2010
IBM location software and Sonitor ultrasound system saves Saint Michael's time and money.
4/9/2010
Women prefer medical professionals over online chat sites for discussing private health matters, a study shows.
4/8/2010
Over a 10-year period, the VA lowered costs while improving healthcare quality because of its health IT investments, says a research group..
4/7/2010
Funds totaling $267 million will be given by the Department of Health and Human Services to develop the health IT industry and help local providers adopt electronic health records.
4/7/2010
Theft of computer equipment, staff and third-party negligence, and inside hackers caused the majority of patient data breaches.
4/5/2010
Funds will boost programs to develop healthcare IT skills expected to be in short supply.
4/5/2010
Treatment Cost Estimator tool has pricing on 500 medical services and 90 surgeries so consumers know costs in advance of treatment.
4/1/2010
Survey finds nurses lack supply chain and logistics technology that could help them better manage patients.