The American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP) recently published the results of the 2011 ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings, specifically related to dispensing and administration. The ASHP survey represents the most comprehensive look at the current …   Read More »

Contrary to popular belief mobile healthcare is not new. It’s been around for more than a decade with the introduction of Microsoft’s pen-driven tablet PC in 2001 and the personal digital assistant (PDA) long before that. But it wasn’t until …   Read More »

Healthcare generates millions of bytes of data every single day. The data arrives at break-neck speed from many different sources, including demographic information, medical tests, radiological images, laboratory results, e-prescribing system, electronic health records, and more recently, from sensors and …   Read More »

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Annual Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS12), was held in Las Vegas last week. The HIMSS conference brings together some of the most brilliant minds in healthcare informatics to discuss and share cutting edge information …   Read More »

Despite being heavily used in industries such as manufacturing, commercial sales, publishing, advertising, and shipping, the use of bar-code technology in healthcare remains relatively scarce. At last count, just over one third (34.5%) of hospitals have adopted bar-code scanning(1). While …   Read More »

A report cited by a recent New York Times article says that only one out of every seven errors, accidents and other harmful events are report by hospital employees. In fact, errors occur more frequently than many are willing to …   Read More »