University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Hospitals Test New Early-Warning Systems

The following story offers some tidbits on how new technologies, some EMR-based and some offering independent forms of patient monitoring, are popping up in...

UPMC Kicks Off Mobility Program

If you’re going to look at how physicians use health IT in hospitals, it doesn’t hurt to go to doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical...

EMRs Can Create New Malpractice Problems

In theory, EMRs have the capacity to improve patient care and avoid medical errors, but they also stand the chance of creating errors of their own, so users...

UPMC Sinks $100MM Into Big Data

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has announced plans to spend $100 million over five years to create a massive data warehouse, a move which puts it...

UPMC Kicks Off Competitive HIE

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has kicked off a new HIE connecting its properties with other health systems in western Pennsylvania.  The project...

   

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