Hong Kong Starts Second Stage EHR Engagement
The Hong Kong Government has launched the second stage of its Electronic Health Record (eHR) Engagement Initiative (EEI), with two briefing sessions held recently to invite the IT sector in the territory to submit partnership proposals for eHR partnership.
Dialysis Data, Once Confidential, Sheds Light on Clinic Disparities
The federal government, which pays for most dialysis under a special Medicare entitlement created in 1972, is now releasing data on clinic outcomes and practices patterns it has collected for decades. Most see the data release as a critical step toward patient empowerment; providers caution that that not all factors were captured.
iSOFT Group Limited (ASX:ISF) Completes Agreements for New Life Science Research Tool
iSOFT intrcduces solutions that extract and de-identify clinical data from electronic medical records for clinical research and other secondary uses.
Centra Notified Nearly 14,000 Patients After Laptop Theft
Laptop stolen in Georgia held the names and billing information of nearly 14,000 Centra patients, leading the hospital system’s compliance team to speed up the process of adding an extra layer of data encryption to its laptops.
Capsule’s Social Media Grows to New Heights with Nurse Sue Avatar
Capsule, the leading provider of medical device connectivity, sees growing success with social media in the health information technology space, due to a trusted clinical resource, “Nurse Sue.”
Blood Test Identifies Potential Kidney Disease Complications
Blood levels of cystatin C may indicate which patients with chronic kidney disease are at higher risk for complications, according to research published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Investigational Drug May Reverse CKD
Recent trial data suggest that an investigational agent called bardoxolone methyl may improve renal function in type 2 diabetics with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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