The health sector holds an important place in our societies, as evidenced by funds appropriated to it, the role the state plays, and the large number of associated parties with various functions that it connects. Because medical advances have resulted in increased life expectancies, and because citizens are being actively encouraged to take personal responsibility for their health, the number of people in need of medical care has increased.
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Universal Health Identifiers: Issues and Requirements for Successful Patient Information Exchange
Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA
Scott Schumacher, PhD
The healthcare industry is moving toward a future where the electronic exchange of health data will be commonplace. As we enter this new world, there is an increased need to accurately identify an individual across jurisdictions or care-settings so that healthcare providers have a solid foundation for sharing patient health information and providing safer, more cost effective treatment.
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Improving Performance in European Healthcare
In these times of economic challenges, Governments as well as citizens focus on the things which matter. Those things that make a real and long-lasting difference, both for now and into the future. In healthcare, CSC is focused on making just that sort of difference across the world - for patients, for citizens, and for Governments, all of whom want to see the best return on their investments. Our mission: Healthcare for millions. Powered by technology.
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The Emergence of Personal Health Systems: Designing Technology for Patients and Clinicians
The ability to monitor patients from a distance, using electronic devices to record and send measurements of patients' vital signs, has been a mainstay in the use of medical technology for years. But the needs and expectations of patients with chronic conditions and of healthcare professionals who care for those patients have changed considerably since remote patient monitoring devices were first introduced. To fulfill these needs, emerging technologies must go far beyond simply monitoring standard vital signs, or just adding new technical features.
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How Providers Can Lower Costs and Improve Patient Care Using Evidence Based Medicine
An Oracle White Paper.
This White Paper provides an Information Technology approach that can deliver the situational awareness and decision support necessary for the healthcare industry reform movement to meet the challenges and opportunities faced by a country with the greatest healthcare infrastructure and largest expenditures in the world to deliver more effective care delivery across a broader patient community.
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