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Busy hospitals discharge patients too soon, see higher readmissions
Patients that are discharged during the busiest times for hospitals are 50 percent more likely to come back in within three days, showing that readmissions come from poor planning.
Maryland program creates new framework for sharing EHRs
A new framework to assist all states and Washington, D.C., create "self-sustaining and effective networks" for exchange of electronic health records (EHRs) has been developed by the Center for Health
RSNA: iPad helps untether radiologists from reading room
Mobility is coming to radiology, and the iPad has a lot to do with that. At this week's Radiological Society of North America annual conference in Chicago, several teams of researchers are presenting
Pushback against home monitoring devices
There was bound to be a downside to the wider acceptance of wireless remote monitoring technologies. Sure, some devices can give aging patients the freedom to live independently, but they also can
Dashboards bring predictive modeling to healthcare management
Like so many other types of information technology, analytics is maturing, from "reactive" business intelligence that informs decisions based on historical data to predictive modeling that
Poor communication costs hospitals big time
As you may have noticed, we cited a rather troubling statistic this week regarding one source of hospital financial troubles. The statistic? Apparently, according to researchers from the University
