Dear Healthcare IT Insider,
Healthcare IT is flourishing because its technological innovations make workflow more productive and efficient. Sometimes this simple fact seems hard to believe as IT professionals tackle their job responsibilities and technology delivery challenges each day.
Adoption of a new technology often isn't an easy process -- witness the rocky road that PACS and speech recognition technologies followed before they became widely adopted.
Critical test results management (CTRM) is another new technology at the difficult end of the adoption curve. New regulatory standards require healthcare facilities to document how, when, and with what result they convey clinical results to referring physicians, but many facilities are resistant to adopting the software.
We examine why in this issue's Insider Exclusive, which you're receiving as a Healthcare IT Insider before other AuntMinnie.com members. In the story, we profile three hospitals that have implemented CTRM software -- learn from their accomplishments (and mistakes) by clicking here.
In other news in your Healthcare IT Digital Community, we report on U.K. radiologists and radiation oncologists who found that off-the-shelf Internet conferencing software could connect them in ways their PACS network could not. Click here to learn more.
Also, read our profile of a new company that believes it has invented a better mousetrap for helping radiology departments manage routine schedule interruptions. That story is available by clicking here.
If you've had an experience in which you solved a problem with fresh ideas and IT technology, we'd like to hear about it. Feel free to e-mail me at [email protected].
