Healthcare Informatics Onlne August 2006 Issue Available

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The August 2006 issue of Healthcare Informatics Online is now available:

From the Table of Contents:

COVER STORY

SEEKING THE SOURCE
As deployments of open-source technology begin to gather steam, the healthcare industry is taking a closer look.
Greg Goth

FEATURES

REAL SOLUTIONS FOR RHIO PROBLEMS
Pioneering data exchange groups seek sustainability by solving business problems for members.
David Raths

POINT OF CARE SERIES: SAFETY WHEN IT COUNTS
Patient Safety moves forward in some hospitals but, seven years after the "Quality Chasm" report, progress is still spotty.
Mark Hagland
INNOVATOR PROFILE

ENHANCING THE INTRANET
Christina Birrer moves North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System forward with an updated intranet.
Stacey Kramer

EDITOR'S PAGE

SAFETY FIRST
Now fully qualified as a mega-trend, patient-safety programs are beginning to show results.
INSIDE

FINDING THE SOURCE
Setting the table for this month's issue.
SPOTLIGHT

HFMA TALKS REVENUE IN ORLANDO
Some of the industry's top chief financial officers recently chatted about how best to bring in dollars and cents.
Anthony Guerra

INSURERS ENTERTAIN NEW MODELS AT AHIP
Payers talk of becoming more consumer-centric at their recently held conference.
Stacey Kramer

WASHINGTON WORD

AHIC SETS THE TABLE
The American Health Information Community has an ambitious roadmap for 2006 and beyond.
Kathryn Foxhall

EXPERTS' CORNER

INFECTION PROTECTION
Surveillance technologies can help healthcare organizations better detect and respond to infections.
Jill Midgett, MT, SM (ASCP)

NPI ON THE WAY
Healthcare providers would be wise to begin the process of acquiring national provider identifiers.
Peter Mancino and Gregg Reisman

IS PRACTICING MEDICINE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE?
Employing virtual medicine technologies and techniques can help propel healthcare into the future.
Hisham Sherif, M.D.

VIEWPOINT

EL CAMINO TURNS THE PAGE
A pioneering organization recently exchanged the world's first medical information system for a next-generation solution.
Bill Childs

SHOPTALK

GETTING CONNECTED
XML and .NET framework can provide the bridge to link payers, providers and consumers.
J.T. Gillett

ON RECORD

MAKING SPACE FOR SAFETY
WellStar Health System is moving from manual processes to mobile data-collection.
Charlene Marietti

RHIO & VENDOR GROWING TOGETHER
The Utah Health Information Network continues to work in tandem with Columbus, Ohio-based HTP.
Anthony Guerra

PREPPING FOR DISASTER
Intermountain Health Care invests in technology to help with business-continuity planning.
Stacey Kramer

INDUSTRY WATCH

Deals and Initiatives.

NEW & IMPROVED

The latest in products and services.

CALENDAR

The what, when and where of industry events.

BACK BEAT

People in the news, the latest book releases, and other interesting snippets of information.