This month's HotList is one of 1993's most comprehensive listings. Laboratory information products are the focus--just in time for September's Clinical Laboratory Management Association conference.
This month's HotList is one of 1993's most comprehensive listings. Laboratory information products are the focus--just in time for September's Clinical Laboratory Management Association conference.
One of the country's top industry analysts says that predicting the timing and outcome of President Clinton's healthcare reform package is as risky as betting a year's salary on a high-stakes poker game. His best advice? Start now to build infrastructure and invest in I/T.
The laboratory information system market remains volatile despite a "flattening out" in overall sales, says industry consultant and analyst Sheldon I. Dorenfest. Vendors that were giants just a few years ago have been felled by smaller competitors, but no company can afford to rest easy in its current position.
Attendees paid tribute to the contributions of four healthcare information management leaders during the 1993 Computers in Healthcare Pioneer Awards Banquet May 12. Marion Ball, Ed.D., presided over the celebration honoring Ralph Korpman, M.D., Warner V. Slack, M.D., Donald Lindberg, M.D., and John E. Gall, Jr.
August's HotList features healthcare information system outsourcing services. All data have been provided by individual vendors who responded to our 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 listings.
Client/server architecture has become the darling of I/S professionals. The intelligence is spread among several processors, creating enormous flexibility. But are C/S systems easier, cheaper and faster than the good old mainframe? Not quite yet.
The steps leading to healthcare reform are steep. They leave those who climb them gasping for breath mid-way on the journey. It's not that the steps are too complex or impossible to overcome, but that their depth and breadth is constantly changing.
Too often physicians, clinics and hospitals affiliated with managed-care organizations pick up the tab for procedures that should be considered shared risk. Information systems can save millions if they're geared toward catching these billing faux pas.
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