"Mobile," or perhaps "nomadic," are the watchwords for the style of information management fast coming to the healthcare sector. No, mobile technology in healthcare is not to be confused with cellular-phones. Mobile computing goes where the user goes ... to the patient.
The results of the Computers in Healthcare Networking Survey show a continued strong interest in networking technology, with accompanying real dollar investment now and in the future. Some skepticism remains, however, over what community networks and regional networks are all about and what will be needed to maintain them.
December's HotList features the continuation of our integration tools buyer's guide begun in November. All data have been provided by individual vendors who responded to survey questions. Computers in Healthcare has made an effort to contact all vendors within this market. See the 1993 Computers in Healthcare Market Directory for complete listing, or look for the new 1994 Market Directory scheduled for release in February.
The world's largest cancer center, New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering, is finding concrete efficiencies--and real savings--by implementing "OSCAR" the Optical System Controlling Administrative Records. The system now handles more than 2.7 million documents, including patient accounts and medical records.
The 1993 chair of the Health and Human Services' Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange's Financial Implications Technical Advisory Group predicts big savings from EDI under the Clinton healthcare reform plan. A cost/benefit analysis by the TAG foresees net cumulative savings from EDI of $42 billion by the turn of the century.
The healthcare information systems industry holds the key to successful implementation of the proposals issued by the White House Task Force on Healthcare Reform, says John S. Silva, M.D., chairman of the Task Force Information Systems Working Group, in this exclusive Computers in Healthcare interview.
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