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Extensive use of electronic information and telecommunication technology could result in improved access to health care and reduced costs. A pilot project called the Texas Telemedicine Project links residents of Giddings, TX, with Austin State Hospital and other facilities in Austin. A study by Arthur D. Little Inc estimates over $36 billion could be saved through increased automation of information processing and telecommunication., Hospitals explore new electronic links to reduce costs, increase access In a year's time, high-speed fiber optic telephone lines and sophisticated video equipment have helped transform the health care landscape [...]

Larry L. Mathis, president and CEO of the Methodist Hospital System, Houston, becomes chairman-elect of the American Hospital Association during an important transitional period in the association's history. The AHA [...]

Hospitals are still having trouble integrating computer systems within their own walls. Now they're facing an added challenge: utilizing long-distance telecommunications networks that would shuttle health care information around the [...]

Hospitals slowly but surely join the video era Videos have become an important tool in U.S. hospitals. Videos are now used throughout the hospital--in patient rooms and physician offices as [...]

In 1990, the American Hospital Association will face unprecedented challenges in efforts to promote an environment conducive to the continuation of high-quality health care services in this country. The dynamics [...]

Physicians should participate in setting up and managing hospital information systems (IS) that track patient care. Doctors' resistance to involvement stems from factors including fear of change, indifference and lack of access to the system. These objections can be modified by persuading doctors to collaborate in selection and development of the information system. The tactics adopted by several hospitals that include physicians and specialists on their IS committees are recounted., What are you doing at your hospital to gain the maximum benefit from your patient care information system? Many hospitals have found that the answer is persuading the medical staff [...]

A survey reveals that many hospital CEOs believe satisfaction with information services (IS) depends on the IS manager's reporting to the CEO. The most important area in which IS should help meet strategic goals of hospitals is cost control, followed by physician-hospital relations and quality control. Experiences of individual hospital CEOs with information services are reported by Robert Kelley, Madera Community Hospital, Madera, CA, and David Rosen, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica, NY., When it comes to the finer points of computer technology, most hospital CEOs will admit they're lost. But growing numbers recognize the importance of aligning the goals for their information [...]

The decade of the 1990s contains formidable challenges for the health care field and for the American Hospital Association. Regardless of the outcome of health care reform debates, forces in [...]