HealthTech

Articles that catalogue health and beauty industry.

Thursday, January 27, 2005

Bush promotes computerized medical records to reduce cost and errors

Bush promotes computerized medical records to reduce cost and errors

Monday, January 24, 2005

The New York Times > Technology > Road Map to a Digital System of Health Records

The New York Times > Technology > Road Map to a Digital System of Health Records: "ew dispute the need to move America's costly, fragmented health system from paper records and prescriptions into the computer age.
Converting to digital records, health authorities agree, would reduce medical errors and improve efficiency, saving both lives and dollars.
But what has been missing is a national road map that would encourage doctors, hospitals and insurers to invest in modern information technology."

The New York Times > Job Market > Like Paperwork? Medical Workers Needed

The New York Times > Job Market > Like Paperwork? Medical Workers Needed: "ITH the health care industry struggling to keep pace with the expanding requirements for paperwork under managed care, the New York region is confronting an acute shortage of physician assistants and clerical workers at the entry level in medicine, according to government labor statistics and industry executives."

Monday, January 17, 2005

Daily Health Policy Recent Reports - Kaisernetwork.org#27304#27304

Daily Health Policy Recent Reports - Kaisernetwork.org#27304#27304 Condition Critical: The Absence of Latinos Among Policymakers in New York City's Voluntary Hospitals," PRLDEF Institute for Puerto Rican Policy: The report, by Annette Fuentes, surveyed 13 New York City voluntary hospitals and found that six of the hospitals had no Latinos on their board trustees, while one had two Latino board members and two had one Latino board member. http://www.prldef.org/lib/Condition_Critical.pdf

Sunday, January 16, 2005

Hospitals - bizjournals.com

Hospitals - bizjournals.com: "Clipboards, paper files and illegible handwriting won't be part of a new hospital planned by SSM Health Care. "

Thursday, January 13, 2005

Good Side of Health Costs

Good Side of Health CostsHealth care jobs and spending, as it happens, have been an economic boon to cities and metropolitan areas. Federal health spending—along with its various other debits and benefits—supports millions of jobs, many of them high-paying and many of them located in the nation's cities and urban regions.

Monday, January 10, 2005

HealthLeaders - HealthLeaders

HealthLeaders - HealthLeaders

HealthLeaders - HealthLeaders

HealthLeaders - HealthLeaders