Dear AuntMinnie Member,
If electronic health records (EHRs) are to succeed, they must offer robust support for diagnostic-quality images, according to PACS expert Dr. Paul Chang from the University of Chicago.
In a talk at this week's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference, Dr. Chang said EHRs need to deliver more than simple JPEGs or thumbnail images to achieve widespread adoption. Many medical decisions are being made by nonradiologists looking at images, so any EHR working within the enterprise must have full image functionality, he believes. Read all about Dr. Chang's comments by clicking here.
In other HIMSS coverage, an article available here describes how the healthcare IT industry may benefit from exceptions to regulatory initiatives like the Stark law. And another story describes recent moves to increase the number of health information technology professionals in Canada, available here.
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