Indian Firms Face Resistance in Digitizing U.S. Medical Records Sensitivity over outsourcing and resistance by American hospitals to sending medical information overseas could prevent Indian … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: October 29, 2010
MGMA Survey Report Reveals Improved Financial Performance with EHRs Medical Group Management Association survey shows that medical groups with EHRs report better financial performance than practices … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: October 22, 2010
FDA May Limit Anemia Drug Use For Kidney Disease The FDA posted its safety review of the three blood-boosting medications from Amgen Inc. – Procrit, Aranesp and Epogen – and is considering new … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: October 15, 2010
Researchers Develop New Therapy to Overcome Tissue Incompatibility in Kidney Transplantation Donor kidneys can be successfully transplanted even if there is strong tissue incompatibility between donor … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: October 8, 2010
EMR: One Size Does Not Fit All It is impossible to satisfy both hospitals and community ambulatory physicians with the same EMR product. The right solution depends on what product best suits the … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: October 1, 2010
Kaiser Plans to Donate Terminology System With Kaiser Permanente’s donation of its Convergent Medical Terminology (CMT) to the International Healthcare Terminology Standards Development Organisation … [Read more...]