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New Recognition Within the Analyst Community

A few days ago, Gartner released their 2010 Hype Cycle for Healthcare Applications and Systems. It’s always something we watch with interest, as many of the technologies that we’ve helped hospitals implement over the past decade are truly cutting-edge…

Don’t Look in the Rearview Mirror When Making Clinical Device Decisions

The proliferation and expansion of EHRs is continuing to drive device selections, upgrades and replacements. With fast-paced implementations, it’s crucial to be aware of situations where IT may arbitrarily limit or pre…

Let’s all Share Devices … or Not!

Today’s food for thought: we’ve observed that some CIOs who embrace standardization of platforms and operating systems extend this philosophy to the organization’s clinical device strategy. The same CIOs who…

Meaningful Use is NOT an Implementation Strategy

Electronic Medication Administration Records (eMar) are noticeably absent from Phase 1 hospital Meaningful Use criteria, although 10% or more of providers are expected to enter orders into the EHR. If the creators of Meanin…

Will Rapid EHR Rollouts end up at the Point of Care?

Rapid EHR rollouts with “compressed functionality” are commonplace today. Many U.S. hospitals are joining the Meaningful Use gold rush hoping to qualify for Stimulus payments and should be aware that accelerated EHR im…