A meta-review in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association of the effects of health information technology on patient safety outcomes finds only weak evidence for improvement in quality.
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AnalyticsMD doctors up a fresh $13 million in capital for its software to help hospitals manage patient flow.
Research published by Health Services Research finds that most quality measurement systems used today have a very significant risk of mis-categorizing physicians, with as many as 25% being put in the wrong bucket.
Siemens is planning to spin off its health care division, which sells a lot of heavy equipment primarily to hospitals, in an estimated $15 billion deal.
Take a deep breath, digital pulmonary function company Cohero Health inhales $9 million in fresh capital, although investors may not be breathing easily.
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