Although a study in the Jan. 26 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine touts the cost and life-saving benefits associated with hospital healthcare IT adoption, lead investigator Ruben Amarasingham, MD, said that healthcare IT should always be accompanied with a strategic, collaborative deployment plan to achieve a successful outcome.
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At Texas hospitals that have automated some aspects of their information systems, patients appear to have fewer complications, lower death rates and reduced costs, according to a report in the Jan. 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).