Digital diagnosis : greater Portland’s push to improve the health informatics field has high stakes
Date
2-23-2015
Pages
20-22
Abstract
Efforts are underway to implement and improve health informatics, which is the development, analysis, and distribution of health information to help improve patient care and lessen costs by streamlining services. It is projected that the investment in such systems will cost more than $200 million over the several years it takes to implement them, which includes the upfront investment in the technology, training hundreds of physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals, and implementing security measures to protect the records from data breaches. Finding qualify employees is an issue. University of New England is starting a health informatics program and will be working with stakeholders Winxnet, an IT consulting and outsourcing firm, and health care provider InterMed.
Subjects
Medical informatics, Electronic health records, Medical records—Data processing
Recommended Citation
Martin, Dylan, "Digital diagnosis : greater Portland’s push to improve the health informatics field has high stakes" (2015). Maine News Index – MaineBiz. 6277.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_mainebiz/6277
Source
Mainebiz