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• Obama Administration Officially Opposes National Patient Identifiers

  Having a National Patient Identifier appears to be a logical first step in creating a healthcare system in which data and information can be share between health providers. Healthcare...

  • Posted March 31, 2013
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• Cloud Computing In Canadian Healthcare

  Cloud Computing in Canadian Healthcare was the focus of a recent seminar about disruptive and transformational impact new technologies like Cloud Computing and Open Data will bring to Healthcare, and...

  • Posted March 28, 2013
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• Good-bye RAID 6

  In 2010, Robin Harris wrote that “RAID 6 will stop working in 2019”. This doesn’t come as a huge surprise: Harris had previously commented that RAID 5 would stop working in...

  • Posted March 26, 2013
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• Avoid PACS Migration Pitfalls

  Avoiding  PACS migration pitfalls was the essense of a presentation I came across. It was by Max Clarke, PACS Manager at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Max discusses lessons...

  • Posted March 25, 2013
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• What is a HL7 ORU Message Example

  What is a HL7 ORU Message? ORU stands for Observation Result Unsolicited. These types of HL7 messages are laboratory related often having discreet data elements specific to the result....

  • Posted March 24, 2013
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• What is a HL7 ORM Message Example

  What is a HL7 ORM Message? Below you’ll find a brief description of an HL7 ORM message. This is just an example and each vendors’ ORM messages may be...

  • Posted March 23, 2013
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• What Is An HL7 Interface

  In order to understand what a HL7 interface is, we need to break down that term in to a couple of parts.  Firstly… What is HL7? HL7 stands for...

  • Posted March 23, 2013
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• SPECIAL REPORT: 7 Ways EHRs Affect Physicians’ Practices

  Medscape from WebMD produced a report, EHR Report 2012. One of the findings reported by physicians was that the use of EMRs(electronic health records) actually decreased productivity at their practice. A...

  • Posted March 22, 2013
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• RFID Used To Log Users In To Radiology Imaging Systems

  Healthcare Providers Can Use RFID Technology to Streamline X-ray Imaging Workflow—Saving Time for Patients and Technologists.  Employee Badges with RFID Chips Can Automate the Log In Process for Imaging...

  • Posted March 21, 2013
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• Connectathon 2013 – BridgeHead now qualified IHE XDS-I.b IDS

  BridgeHead Software announced today it has successfully completed the IHE North American (NA) Connectathon 2013, held in Chicago, Illinois. The Connectathon is an annual event that demonstrates the benefits...

  • Posted March 20, 2013
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