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The article discusses the technological advancements made in the health care sector focusing on the rebuilding and reinvention of hospitals. The difficult situations of health care reforms of various places are mentioned including Great Britain's National Health Service, France'snear-bankrupt system and America's Obamacare.

The article discusses the adoption of electronic medical record technology in hospitals, putting the computerized physician order entry (CPOE) into the mainstream. Particular focus is given to the benefits and shortcomings of CPOE. According to senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO) Bill Spooner of Sharp HealthCare, they got much higher CPOE adoption in 2013. INSET: How to Make It Count.

The article reports on the agreement between MedAssets Inc. and Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California. It mentions that the strategic partnership will deploy a wide range of Revenue Cycle Technology solutions from MedAssets. It notes that the initiative will help Huntington Hospital to improve its revenue capture, implement revenue cycle best practices and advance automation.

The article focuses on the need to address the problem on the exchange of patient health information among hospitals and community clinics to improve patient experiences and prevent medical errors in the U.S. The impact of disconnected health data on the outcomes of patients is discussed. The members of the nonprofit health organization San Diego Health Connect are also cited, including Kaiser Permanente, Borrego Community Health and Indian Health Council.

Inability to access information from electronic health records and claims could cause problems, says Julie Yoo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers the insights of doctor and head of medical informatics Karanvir Singh of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on the adoption and implementation of electronic health records (EHR) or electronic patient records (EPR) in the hospital. Singh offers an overview on how records of the patient in the hospital are being automated, as well as of those records in different departments of the hospital. He believes that improvement of data continuity of health records are important and advantageous.

In other contracts, Tennessee's BCBS picks NextHealth for cloud-hosted analytics platform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers the author's opinion on investment portfolios. The author is critical on the increasing interest rates. He outlines the lessons about the stocks of the consumer electronics corporation Best Buy Co. Inc. He reflects on the good results of his cataract surgery. He also examines the automation in hospitals.