Electronic health records should be a top concern for hospital leaders in 2012, according to an ECRI Institute report.
The report, "ECRI Institute's Top 10 C-Suite Watch List: Hospital Technology Issues for 2012," lists 10 technologies and technology-related issues hospital and health system leader should focus on in the new year, based on financial, patient safety and regulatory factors. Each technology is accompanied with a question hospital leaders should consider when making decisions about the technology.
The list includes the following:
1. EHRs: Is your hospital making all the right connections?
2. Minimally invasive bariatric surgery: Will bariatric services in your facility need to expand to meet the needs of an expanding patient population?
3. Digital breast tomosynthesis: Is leapfrogging from film to 3-D breast tomosynthesis the right decision?
4. New CT radiation reduction technologies: Are you doing enough to slice the dose and the risk?
5. Transcatheter heart valve implants: Is your hospital prepared for a surge in demand for hybrid ORs?
6. Robotic-assisted surgery: Are costly robot wars coming to your operating room?
7. New cardiac stent developments: Are new devices on the horizon signaling a personalized treatment trend for coronary artery disease?
8. Ultrahigh-field-strength MRI systems: What's the big attraction?
9. Personalized medicine for cancer care: Is your oncology service ready for the costly implications?
10. Proton beam radiation therapy: Should it be part of your strategic plan or will carbon ions supplant protons?
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The report, "ECRI Institute's Top 10 C-Suite Watch List: Hospital Technology Issues for 2012," lists 10 technologies and technology-related issues hospital and health system leader should focus on in the new year, based on financial, patient safety and regulatory factors. Each technology is accompanied with a question hospital leaders should consider when making decisions about the technology.
The list includes the following:
1. EHRs: Is your hospital making all the right connections?
2. Minimally invasive bariatric surgery: Will bariatric services in your facility need to expand to meet the needs of an expanding patient population?
3. Digital breast tomosynthesis: Is leapfrogging from film to 3-D breast tomosynthesis the right decision?
4. New CT radiation reduction technologies: Are you doing enough to slice the dose and the risk?
5. Transcatheter heart valve implants: Is your hospital prepared for a surge in demand for hybrid ORs?
6. Robotic-assisted surgery: Are costly robot wars coming to your operating room?
7. New cardiac stent developments: Are new devices on the horizon signaling a personalized treatment trend for coronary artery disease?
8. Ultrahigh-field-strength MRI systems: What's the big attraction?
9. Personalized medicine for cancer care: Is your oncology service ready for the costly implications?
10. Proton beam radiation therapy: Should it be part of your strategic plan or will carbon ions supplant protons?
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