News tagged with electronic healthcare


Can computer-based decision support control health care costs?

William M. Tierney, M.D. focuses on the potential of electronic medical systems and computer-based decision support to control healthcare costs in "Controlling costs with computer-based decision support: ...

Health created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decontamination of unused medical supplies reduces health-care costs

In rooms of patients with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), the outside of the packages containing sterile items can become contaminated. Unused medical supplies are often thrown away to prevent the items from becoming ...

Health created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New handheld mobile device performs laboratory-quality HIV testing

New research appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry, the journal of AACC, shows that a handheld mobile device can check patients' HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with e ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Empa spin-off bound for success with its electronic bedside care assistant

The first product to hit the Swiss market from Empa and ETH Zurich spin-off compliant concept is surpassing all expectations. The successful market launch of the electronic healthcare assistant also impressed ...

Health created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

E-records linked to fewer malpractice claims

(HealthDay News) -- Malpractice claims dipped dramatically among Massachusetts physicians after they began using electronic medical records, according to new research, although it's not clear whether the ...

Health created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hospitals try voice recognition for health records

If your doctor is talking to an iPad the next time you see her, she may actually be flipping through your file.

Health created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Even limited telemedicine could improve developing health

A lack of infrastructure in developing countries, and particularly in rural areas, often ensures that healthcare provision is absent. Research published in the International Journal of Services, Economics and Management by a t ...

Health created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0