Improving Database Vendors’ Usage Statistics Reporting through Collaboration between Libraries and Vendors

Information impediments to innovation of on-line database vendors

Top HIS vendors by revenue.

E ver wonder how your hospital information system vendor ranks compared with the competition in terms of 2010 annual revenue? With so many “I.T.” vendors selling multiple products to hospitals such as supplies, monitors, consulting and outsourcing, “Top Vendor” lists have become very confusing lately. To set matters straight, Health Data Management asked industry experts at HIS Professionals LL...

Data migration challenges PACS vendors and users

A PACS contains different types of data and databases, which have traditionally been stored in different formats. They include image data, demographic data, and DICOM data, as well as functional data such as image enhancement or manipulation performed by the radiologist. Image data may be treated as objects, while patient data may be stored as text. These variables can become major obstacles wh...

Meaningful Use and Electronic Laboratory Reporting: Challenges Health Information Technology Vendors Face in Kentucky

Objectives To explore the challenges Health Information Technology (HIT) vendors face to satisfy the requirements for Meaningful Use (MU) and Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) of reportable diseases to the public health departments in Kentucky. Methodology A survey was conducted of Health Information Exchange (HIE) vendors in Kentucky through the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE...

A Future Scenario for Telecommunications Vendors

The recession and changing demands from carriers will result in significant changes to vendors' skill sets. By Frank Fabricius, Peter Kjeldsen, Jouni Forsman and Caroline Jones Strategic Planning Assumptions By 2004, consolidation among telecommunications vendors will have reduced the current number of global companies by 20 percent (0.7 probability). Telecommunications vendors will be forced t...