A research firm announced the results of a recent survey of the nation's top healthcare systems.

The top 10 list:

The Top Ten HIT List is as follows:

1. Electronic Health/Medical Records

2. Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity

3. Medical Archiving Systems

4. Storage Consolidation and Virtualization

5. Backup (disk-based and online storage)

6. Business Intelligence

7. Picture Archiving and Communication System

8. Infrastructure for Health Information Systems

9. Compliance

10. Securing Electronic Protected Health Information

After the July 1st deadline for adoption of NDC, administered quantity, and unit of measure to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), ASHP continues to request reprise.

ASHP is urging us to contact our state representatives and explain the challenges of adoption. We plan on following this with a few in-depth.

http://www.ashp.org/s_ashp/article_press.asp?CID=168&DID=2037&id=26364

CIO Article
Another IT feel good article from CIO Magazine. The industry is really gearing up for healthcare. the lack of innovation and safety enhancing technologies is finally spurring a movement. Of course, healthcare professionals in technology areas have been complaining about this problem for decades. Finally someone is listening to us!