Using bar-code technology with an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) substantially reduces transcription and medication administration errors and potential drug-related adverse events, according to a study published in the May 6 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Iron Mountain has called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand its proposed rules for meaningful use of EHRs so that healthcare providers would be eligible to receive federal subsidies for digitizing paper records and scrubbing patient databases.

According to a report released on May 5 from healthcare market research consulting firm IMV, remote links to equipment service providers are helping hospitals address imaging equipment service costs.

Harris has released an open-source CONNECT installation wizard to reduce the time required to link healthcare organizations to the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).

A health information exchange (HIE) provided by Epic Systems enables healthcare delivery system Texas Health Resources and Childrens Medical Center in Dallas to electronically exchange medical information on mutually treated patients.

BOSTON--The news media are not paying enough attention to the vital health IT components of healthcare reform, said Paul Tang, MD, vice president and CMIO of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in Calif.

Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients, the state-designated entity for Marylands health information exchange (HIE), has selected Axolotl's technology as the infrastructure for the state's HIE.

BOSTONOnly through its proper use can technology boost healthcare improvement, said David Blumenthal, the national coordinator for health IT, during his keynote address Thursday at the Health IT: Creating Jobs, Reducing Costs and Improving Quality national conference, hosted by Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick.