RTI study raises a wide array of reactions

August 23rd, 2007
Reactions varied widely between technology vendors, privacy advocates and government and clinical IT leaders questioned about a federally sponsored study that calls for re-engineering...

Promoting patient safety top IT concern: study

April 11th, 2007
Promoting patient safety while reducing medical errors continues to be the top reason for implementing information technology while a lack of financial and staffing...

National Consumer Health Privacy Survey 2005

November 9th, 2005
In 1999, the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) released a groundbreaking study of Americans’ attitudes and behaviors concerning health privacy. The study found that nearly...

Study Faults Follow-Up for Cancer Patients

November 8th, 2005
With the help of powerful new drugs and surgical treatments, millions of Americans survive cancer, but doctors often ignore the patients’ needs after saving their...

Kaiser Permanente’s experience of implementing an electronic medical record: a qualitative study

November 3rd, 2005
Objective To examine users’ attitudes to implementation of an electronic medical record system in Kaiser Permanente Hawaii. Design Qualitative study based on semistructured interviews. Setting Four...