| 09/20
2000 |
Customer
First Healthcare, Part 1 - by Bill Bysinger, for HealthLeaders.com
A great deal has been said
about the lack of customer service in healthcare, but the problem goes
much deeper and is being exacerbated by the move to Internet and eCommerce.
Perhaps, the best way to overcome this problem is to look at what has
worked in another industry. |
| 08/29
2000 |
E-procurement
– The Problem: Squeezing $11 billion out of the supply chain - HealthLeaders
Today’s procurement process in
healthcare is expensive and ineffectual from a data gathering and analysis
standpoint. Hospitals and suppliers want to be able to track their costs
and orders, yet that information is often delayed by months and inaccurate
in today’s environment. |
| 08/22
2000 |
E-procurement:
Initial steps for e-commerce in healthcare - HealthLeaders
Everybody is talking about
e-commerce in healthcare, but a chaotic market and incompatible
information systems are shackling providers to their old ways.
Web-enabling the healthcare supply chain will move incrementally as a
handful of hospitals this year test e-procurement in small bites. |
| 08/11
2000 |
eHealth security: A symphony not a tune up
- HealthLeaders
Internet security continues to be the one unanswered concern in healthcare. It is
absolutely critical due to the nature of the information that is accessed and
transmitted.... |
| 07/10
2000 |
Harvard Medical
School ventures into online world - San Jose Mercury News
After keeping a cautious distance from Web-based ventures for
years, Harvard Medical School is negotiating with an undisclosed
company to offer its 180 continuing education courses for doctors online within a year. |
| 07/05
2000 |
Customized
e-health portals: The definitive online destination for health plan
members - HealthLeaders
Inspired
by the promise of the Internet, a growing number of health plans have
sought online solutions to deliver more relevant and meaningful
information for members, lower administrative costs, better brand equity,
and customer retention. |
| 07/05
2000 |
Internet
health care sites cast their lures for physicians - American
Medical News
Watching as the Internet spawns
thousands of health care sites seemingly overnight, most in the industry
can only sigh. There's been too much money chasing too few good ideas. |
| 06/30
2000 |
Elements
of a Comprehensive Security Solution - Health Management Technology
A close look at threatened breaches and vulnerable points of attack. |
| 06/30
2000 |
For
Health Care CIOs, a Brave New World - Health Data Management
Breaking new ground, CIOs are
finding ways to ensure that working with new and untested 'dot.com'
companies will pay off.
|
| 06/28
2000 |
Health
firms trail e-technology curve - the Tennessean
...literally hundreds of businesses have
sprouted up to save health care from its much-lamented technological
ineptitude, progress continues to move at a snail's pace.
|
| 06/15
2000 |
Claims
Processing Speeds Up - Healthcare Informatics
Moving healthcare
transactions online can improve efficiencies but barriers include
technology--and a culture change
|
| 06/07
2000 |
Online
Therapy Isn't Shrinking - Wired News
The idea of online therapy has lots of folks
in the industry wondering whether it's any better than Lucy Van Pelt
hanging up a sign reading, "Psychiatric Help 5 cents."... 5/30
|
| 05/30
2000 |
Enticing
physicians to use the Internet - Internet Health Care
Hospitals and clinics are
devising a variety of clever strategies to persuade physicians to put the
World Wide Web to use. May/June, 2000
|
| 05/30
2000 |
Putting
patients at the center - Internet Health Care
Online medical records may
help consumers take more control of their health. But it’s way too early
in the game to determine how big a role Internet-based records will play.
May/June, 2000
|
| 05/08
2000 |
In
Web We Trust? - Healthcare Informatics
Is the Web secure enough
for sensitive healthcare communications? Experts agree on one thing: It
depends on users and how aware they are of security tools and their
limitations.
|
| 04/14
2000 |
Regulating
the Internet: A Looming Possibility - Internet Health Care
The government ponders its
role in keeping tabs on Internet health care, while the industry scrambles
to police itself.
|
| 04/12
2000 |
Internet
dominates providers' line of sight - Modern Healthcare
Staggering out of the fog
created by Y2K, leaders of healthcare organizations are trying to get
their bearings and take their information systems strategy in a definite
direction.
|
| 04/04
2000 |
Can
the Web SAVE Disease Management? - Healthcare Informatics
A much maligned movement finds new respect in the e-health age - Healthcare
Informatics 3/00
|
| 04/04
2000 |
INTERNET
TECHNOLOGIES - Providers Show Some Backbone - Health Data
Management
While the Internet is still a risky proposition, some telemedicine
providers are using it as their network backbone. Will others follow? 3/00
|
| 04/04
2000 |
ITAA
eHealth
The Information Technology
Association is taking an active lead in encouraging the increased use of
Information Technology in the Healthcare industry.
|
| 04/04
2000 |
Nine
Hot Technology Trends - Healthcare Informatics
The healthcare information
technology industry continues to sparkle with many technological
innovations and advancements that keep it in pace with the myriad changes
in healthcare and business. 2/00
|
| 03/30
2000 |
Guidelines
for Medical and Health Information Sites on the Internet - Principles
Governing AMA Web Sites - JAMA
American Medical Association
(AMA) has developed principles to guide development and posting of Web
site content, govern acquisition and posting of online advertising and
sponsorship, ensure site visitors' and patients' rights to privacy and
confidentiality, and provide effective and secure means of e-commerce.
|
| 03/08
2000 |
The
Information Technology Healthcare Challenge - Information Impacts
Magazine
The healthcare industry is the largest single industry in
the United States. But it spends only 2-3 percent of its total revenue on
IT. What are the barriers? What are the potential benefits? 11/99
|
| 02/23
2000 |
Significant
Technological Barriers Remain for Providing Health Care on the Internet - The
National Acadamies
While tens of thousands of health-related Web sites can be found on the
Internet, tapping its full potential for health services and the
biomedical sciences will require more advanced technical capabilities...
|
| 02/18
2000 |
The
Draft Code of Ethics - e-Health Ethics Initiative Draft Code
Internet Healthcare Coalition
|
| 02/06
2000 |
eHealth
Ethics Summit Reaches Consensus, Drafts International Code of Ethics - Internet
Healthcare Coalition
The Internet Healthcare Coalition announced today that consensus
has been reached in drafting an International Code of Ethics for Internet
healthcare.
|
| 12/00
1999 |
When
the ship.com comes in
- Telemedicine Today
A funny thing happened at the turn
of the millennium. Telemedicine exploded.
|
| 10/20
2000 |
Legal
Issues Concerning Electronic Health Information - Privacy, Quality, and
Liability -
JAMA
Protecting health information
privacy directly improves the quality and reliability of health data,
which diminishes tort-based liabilities.
|
| 10/12
1999 |
Intel,
Health Care Leaders Explore "Internet Gap" Between Doctors and
Patients
Forty-Eight Percent of Online Users Want to Exchange E-Mail with
Their Doctors, But Only Three Percent Are Doing So, According to Latest
Research
|
| 05/00
1999 |
The
Brave New World of Healthcare E-Commerce - eHealth Law Advisory
Bulletin
Healthcare e-commerce is becoming one of the most lively sectors of
the developing Internet economy, as a series of Internet-based healthcare
businesses have recently gone public or received financing. |
| 10/14
1998 |
An
Evidence-Based Approach to Interactive Health Communications: A Challenge
to Medicine in the Information Age - SciPICH |
| 1998 |
Promoting
the Benefits of the Web - The Internet Healthcare Coalition
Education as to the benefits of the
Internet for patients, health care professionals, and the public. |