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EHR Tales from the Trenches: Pitfalls and Pointers from Physicians Who’ve Lived to Tell the Tale

Check out this webinar! HealthTechnica's own Shawn Riley is moderating. Who should attend: • Physicians in small and medium sized practices • IT staff and IT consultants for small and medium sized practices EHR topics to [+]

Going under the Robotic Surgeon’s Knife

How would you like the idea of getting operated upon, by a robot? Well, not many folks would find the idea agreeable, and if the area of the body to be subject [+]

Panasonic’s Mobile Clinical Assistant

Panasonic’s Mobile Clinical Assistant is a device intended for use in clinical care settings by nurses and doctors. The features provided in this new device is geared toward increasing patient satisfaction, decreasing [+]

Technologies for diagnosing brain injuries

During a traumatic brain injury, the foremost challenge in front of the doctors is to stabilize the patient and assess the injury. Identifying the type and damage level of the injury decides [+]

Medical Research in India

The Indian medical realm is currently witnessing an unprecedented growth in terms of facilities as well as research talent. In the past few years, the number of hospitals, medical infrastructure and skill [+]

Shared services can have great value in healthcare

Shared services involve the ‘sharing’ of services within organizations so as to run the concerned organizations in a more cost effective and efficient manner. The roles of the shared services centre can vary within the [+]

South Dakota State University researcher uses nano-technology to study heart failure

Take a look at an SDSU scientist who is using nano-technology to find answers to some big health care questions. Dr. John Robinson is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and [+]

Outpatient Care in USA, And the Value of Social Media

There is no doubt about it whatsoever that no matter from what perspective you may look at it, Social media is very viral. Twitter and Face Book have changed people’s lives enormously, in more ways [+]

Your brain and eyes may just make up the best health technology computer around!

All of us do innumerable activities throughout the day, without even stopping to think over it. Or shall we say without even blinking an eyelid? Your child throws a ball at you [+]

Care360 iPad EMR deserves a look!

View a video demo of Care360 on the iPad Care360, the leading web-based electronic health record (EHR), accessible on desktops, laptops and the iPhone™, now comes with a native app for the iPad. The app, [+]

Make sure to practice Performance Improvement in your hospital or clinic

Health systems are continually innovating and have made great strides in the quality of care provided to patients. This may be attributed to advances in medical technology, medicines and medical procedures. However, compelling evidence demonstrates [+]

The Use of E-Health for Care Delivery

E-health care is a noble concept crated for the online health care of people. Information technology (IT) will be one of the most promising upcoming departments in the health services sector. This [+]

Advanced CT Imaging Latest Imaging Solutions and Future Trends

In 2009, the demand for CT imaging/scanning systems in USA touched $3.6 billion with substantial potential in the near future. Computed Tomography (CT) systems are fast emerging as the most widely used scanning tools in [+]

Nearly 1,300 Healthcare Professionals have listed their social media connections

HealthTechnica.com has been working diligently to create a list of Healthcare Professional's Social Media contacts. This list is provided for free for anyone that is attempting to connect with others in the Healthcare field. We [+]

Research and Development needed to meet future health challenges

The economic and financial crunch has led to the upheaval of many industries. Medical research has also been affected due to funding pressure increasing more than ever. However, future health challenges [+]

5 (or 6) very promising Areas of Medical Research

Health science is one field that evolves continuously regardless of the country. Providing medical care to people is the utmost duty of every government. This also means that a lot of funds [+]

How E-Health Can Affect Quality in Clinical Setting

Even though e-Health has been around for many years, it can be called a relatively new concept. Earlier, e-health services were unorganized and were in nascent stage due to lack of big [+]

#BlackFriday @HealthTechnica Read our aritcles with your left eye and read with right eye for FREE!

Some top articles for Black Friday: Technology Innovations for Under-Served and Under-Privileged Patients Medical Research in China What to look for in a Chief Medical Information Officer The benefits of E-prescribing for today's physician 101 Tips to make your EMR [+]

Technology Innovations for Under-Served and Under-Privileged Patients

There is an ever increasing disease-burden gap between developing and developed countries. Consequently, people involved in health care industry are thinking of ways to develop and implement effective healthcare technologies to [+]

Medical Research in China

The industry of medical research in China includes many facets. The participants range from large establishments (concerned with basic research), military hospitals undertaking applied research and development and pharmaceutical companies making [+]

The Values, And Pitfalls, of Health Information Exchanges

A Health information exchange (HIE) is defined as the transmission of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a community. HIE is an integral part of the health information technology (HIT) and [+]

What to look for in a Chief Medical Information Officer

The Health information technology promises tremendous benefits for both the patient and the health care provider organization. These technologies offer improved quality of patient care and patient safety. But health care provider organizations may resist [+]

The Benefits of E-prescribing for Today’s Physician

Overview: E-prescribing refers to an emerging solution that improves patient safety and helps reduce rising healthcare costs as well. According to a study, more than 7,000 people die in US due to wrong [+]

Unprofessional Conduct and the Code of Ethics

Riley, M. http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk In the mid 1970s, a nursing educator in Idaho had contact, through a student, with a female client who had chronic myelogenous leukemia. This form of leukemia can often be [+]

Quality in Healthcare Risk Management

http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk Risk management seeks to reduce potential negative impacts on patients, staff and the organization through the identification and reduction of potential dangers or threats (Authenticity Consulting, LLC., 2010). However, in [+]
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