http://www.informatics-review.com e-journal of the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems en-us Copyright © 1998-2004, The Informatics Review 2008-05-01 The Informatics Review dean@informatics-review.com Medical Informatics http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html#1 The data in this report focus on IT professionals in health care settings. We extracted data from the HIMSS Analytics™ Database and extrapolated our findings to the United States (US) as a whole. We found the following results:

There are approximately 108,390 IT professionals in health care the US.

The amount of IT staff hired varies by level of EMR adoption, with the rate of IT FTE per bed started at a level of 0.082 FTE per bed at the lowest level of the EMR Adoption Model (Stage 0) and increasing to 0.210 FTE bed at higher levels (Stage 4).

To move the entire country to higher levels of adoption (Stage 4) will require an additional 40,784 IT professionals.

Resource 2008-05-01 http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html#2 Slidesonline is a web resource designed to facilitate educational process of medical professionals. As you know slide presentations has become one of the key ways of facilitating education and a way of communicating the new scientific developments. Academic faculties and clinicians in practice from worldwide have contributed to the web portal. We would like to invite you to share and enhance the sharing and collaborative development of this educational resource. Resource 2008-05-01 http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html#3 The CPOE Evaluation Tool is a remote test for use by hospitals to assess their compliance with The Leapfrog Group's CPOE patient safety standard. Leapfrog's CPOE standard requires that hospitals:

assure that prescribers enter hospital medication orders via a computer system that includes decision support software to reduce prescribing errors; and,

demonstrate, via a test, that its inpatient CPOE system can alert physicians to at least 50% of common serious prescribing errors.

Resource 2008-05-01 http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html#4 To recognize Protti’s commitment to improving health information systems and the quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care the health care systems management company Courtyard Group is committing $50,000 annually to an endowment fund in Protti’s name. Resource 2008-05-01 http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html#5 The Health Care Innovations Exchange is an AHRQ program designed to support health care professionals in sharing and adopting innovations that improve the delivery of care to patients. Explore this site to find innovative strategies and quality-related tools, learn how to improve your organization's ability to innovate and adopt new ideas, and interact with innovators and adopters. Resource 2008-05-01 http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html#6 Hadfield came up with the idea for www.MalariaEngage.org after a trip to Zambia last summer that gave him a close-up look at the mosquito-born disease. The site encourages people to donate $10 or more to help support seven different research projects in Tanzania, such as developing plants like lemongrass to repel mosquitoes. News 2008-05-01 http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html#7 The case, *Douglas v. U.S. District Court*, 495 F.3d 1062 (9th Cir. 2007), involved a change to terms of use for an AOL subsidiary providing long-distance telephone services. The subsidiary was acquired by Talk America, which changed the existing terms of use to add a number of new clauses, including a new arbitration provision and a waiver of the right to class actions. The plaintiff, a California resident, filed a class action on a number of claims arising from the change in terms. The defendant moved to compel arbitration based on the new arbitration provision. The District Court granted arbitration and the plaintiff appealed. On appeal the 9th Circuit held the arbitration clause was not enforceable. Report 2008-05-01 http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html#8 In 2006, Allina lost a laptop containing sensitive data, and could not prove that the data on that laptop was encrypted. At that time, Allina could only locate approximately 65% of its laptop population. To address its laptop management challenges, Allina implemented Computrace®, an IT asset management, remote data delete and theft recovery solution. By 2007, the solution was deployed on all of the hospital network’s laptops and tablets. Since implementing Computrace, Allina Hospitals & Clinics has recovered 75% of stolen laptops, including a laptop that was tracked to Vietnam and back. Report 2008-05-01 http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html#9 Our study revealed a remarkable number of prescriptions with doses exceeding approved limits (2.5 - 6.1%). Their prevention appears feasible but the choice of an appropriate database for MRTDs is essential, and differences between available information sources are large. Literature 2008-05-01 http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html#10 Customization of computer-triggered alert systems is more useful in detecting and resolving prescribing problems than on-demand review but neither approach was effective in reducing prescribing problems. New strategies are needed to maximize the use of drug decision-support systems to reduce drug-related morbidity. Literature 2008-05-01 http://www.informatics-review.com/index.html#11 A combination of non-clinical researchers, a structured interview and a computerised algorithm is as effective at identifying AD as highly trained and skilled clinicians. Literature 2008-05-01