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		<title><![CDATA[ Gartner: Healthcare Providers ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ Automation impacts every phase of clinical care and the revenue cycle, frequently crossing departmental and institutional boundaries. With detailed analysis of technology trends, options and best practices, Gartner research enables effective IT decision making and management by care delivery organizations. ]]></description> 
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ IHS Continues Rollup of EH&S Market With Dyadem Acquisition]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ IHS continues to broaden its environmental, health and safety portfolio by buying operational risk management provider Dyadem, but will need to further address platform integration across products to unify its EH&S offerings. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Roundup of Healthcare Provider Research, 1Q11]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Roundup provides IT leaders with a menu of healthcare provider IT research published from April 2010 through March 2011 on gartner.com. This research is aligned with and presented similarly to our 2011 Key Issues, which is by Core Topic. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The Top 11 Actions for Healthcare Delivery Organization CIOs, 2011]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ As healthcare providers transform themselves to better manage illness and diseases, trim costs, and boost access to care, IT is key to accomplishing that goal. The 11 actions we urge in this Spotlight call out the need for CIOs to be savvy in enterprise change management to lead the way. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Good Authentication Choices for Healthcare Delivery Organizations]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ HDOs are struggling to keep protected health information private and secure while providing the clinician easy and timely access. Choosing reasonable and appropriate authentication methods is a key part of the resolution. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Top Actions for Healthcare Delivery Organization CIOs: Choose a Clear ACO Approach]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Accountable care organizations require a business strategy supported by IT. Adapt the IT approach to the business approach. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Case Study: Health System of Abu Dhabi (SEHA) Creates Enterprise Foundation for Performance Accountability]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The rapidly growing health system of Abu Dhabi, SEHA, has established enterprisewide key metrics using an HPM system. This study provides an excellent example that underscores the importance of aligning business intelligence investments with executive goals, and the importance of data quality. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Top Actions for Healthcare Delivery Organization CIOs: Propel Performance Through BI Investments]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Metrics-driven management is a defining characteristic of a strong healthcare system. This requires strategic investments in business intelligence and an enterprise data warehouse aligned with executive leadership business goals. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Healthcare Delivery Organizations Must Have Well-Defined and Functioning Clinical Decision Support Committees]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ HDOs need to create clinical decision support committees with clear missions. These must represent all stakeholders and regularly monitor CDS effectiveness to derive optimal value from electronic health record systems. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Top Actions for Healthcare Delivery Organization CIOs: Leverage Your Position to Harvest High EHR System Benefit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Electronic health record systems are the biggest IT investments for most CIOs. As the waves of new costs around EHR system deployment and life cycle management ripple across the enterprise, CIOs must be prepared to play a bigger role in ensuring financial and quality benefits. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Top Actions for Healthcare Delivery Organization CIOs: Collaborate to Meet ICD-10 Deadline and Advance Revenue Management Best Practices]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Revenue management is a required core competency for healthcare providers; however, complexity and priorities vary by country. Here's where HDO CIOs must provide leadership for 2011, including the major push toward ICD-10 in the U.S. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Top Actions for Healthcare Delivery Organization CIOs: Advance Awareness]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ By increasing awareness to enterprise events and patient activity data, HDOs will improve patient care and balance resource demand. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Top Actions for Healthcare Delivery Organization CIOs: Manage Mobile Device Diversity]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's research indicates that HDOs will move toward a "choice-oriented" mobile management style, one that seeks to satisfy the needs of clinicians without incurring excessive risk. Mobile device management platforms will be necessary to manage the resulting diversity. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Top Actions for Healthcare Delivery Organization CIOs: Practice Information Life Cycle Management]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ ILM is an approach to data and storage management that recognizes that the value of information changes over time. ILM classifies data according to its business value for the HDO and moves data to the appropriate storage tier or removes it. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Roundup of Healthcare Provider Research, 1Q11]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Roundup provides IT leaders with a menu of healthcare provider IT research published from April 2010 through March 2011 on gartner.com. This research is aligned with and presented similarly to our 2011 Key Issues, which is by Core Topic. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Case Study: Health System of Abu Dhabi (SEHA) Creates Enterprise Foundation for Performance Accountability]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The rapidly growing health system of Abu Dhabi, SEHA, has established enterprisewide key metrics using an HPM system. This study provides an excellent example that underscores the importance of aligning business intelligence investments with executive goals, and the importance of data quality. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Baylor Health Care System Offers Strong Example of a PMO's Ability to Help Health Systems Manage High IT Demand]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Sound IT project and portfolio management is a required core competency of large healthcare delivery organizations. Baylor demonstrates a successful approach that emphasizes planned improvement initiatives, within the IT project management office and beyond. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Productivity vs. Control: Cloud Application Platforms Must Split to Win]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Cloud application platforms will differentiate themselves by focusing on developers' high productivity or high control. High-productivity platforms will be targeted at mainstream projects, but high-control alternatives will be needed for the most demanding cloud-based development initiatives. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Top Actions for Healthcare Delivery Organization CIOs: Deal With the Hype and Take Baby Steps Toward Cloud Computing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document explains the relevance and challenges of cloud computing for healthcare delivery organizations. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Are ACOs Risk-Ready? Lessons for Healthcare Payers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Accountable care organizations are touted by health reform advocates as key components to control healthcare costs. Despite this optimism, healthcare payers must resolve significant questions about how and when ACOs' effectiveness will begin, and what impact ACOs will have on their organizations. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Three Good Reasons for Deploying Patient Self-Service Kiosks]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Patient self-service kiosks offer a way for HDOs to engage the patient and extend the benefits of self-service to their most important constituent. HDOs should first look at kiosks to enhance the patient experience and then to improve operational efficiency and data quality. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Key Issues for Healthcare Delivery Organizations, 2011]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's 2011 research agenda for healthcare delivery organizations will provide a broad and deep analysis of critical topics related to applications, technologies, infrastructure, interoperability and IT leadership. Here, we highlight our planned research for 2011. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Magic Quadrant for U.S. Enterprise CPR Systems]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Potential money made available through ARRA and a focus on accountable care organizations have motivated HDOs to fully implement their computer-based patient record systems. Presented here are the results of Gartner's annual comprehensive evaluation of vendor CPR offerings for the U.S. market. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Findings: Healthcare CIOs Must Ensure That Data Warehouse Skill Gaps Don't Derail This Key Priority]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Healthcare-specific skilled resources in key areas of business intelligence/enterprise data warehouse design and management are in short supply. Here, we present advice for working through this challenge. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=208985&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Predicts 2011: Healthcare Delivery Organizations Wrestle With the Challenges of Deploying Complex Clinical Applications]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's 2011 predictions for healthcare delivery organizations highlight ongoing challenges with clinical applications, including clinician adoption, data aggregation, technical platforms and mobile clinician access. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=208972&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Pager-to-Smartphone Trend Within HDO Will Accelerate With USA Mobility's Acquisition of Amcom Software]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ With the purchase of Amcom Software, USA Mobility is hedging declining HDO pager demand in favor of smartphones and positioning itself for a better future. This market transition will likely take another three to five years, but HDOs should begin to plan for it now. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Good Authentication Choices for Healthcare Delivery Organizations]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ HDOs are struggling to keep protected health information private and secure while providing the clinician easy and timely access. Choosing reasonable and appropriate authentication methods is a key part of the resolution. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cool Vendors in Healthcare Providers, 2011]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research highlights five representative vendors with innovative approaches to information sharing in healthcare -- a hot issue given the move to accountable and integrated care, and the increased emphasis on the meaningful use of IT in healthcare. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Harris Acquires Carefx to Strengthen Nongovernmental Healthcare Capabilities]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ With Carefx, Harris will gain a stronger competitive position in the healthcare provider and health information exchange commercial markets. Before investing further, HDO Carefx clients need to clearly understand how the Harris acquisition will affect Carefx's original value proposition. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The Rise of the Vendor-Neutral (Image) Archive]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A vendor-neutral archive provides a single, enterprisewide repository for patient-centric medical images. This research discusses its defining characteristics and value proposition. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Open-Source Resources for Health Information Exchange]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Open-source software is a valuable and growing source of HIE functionality. At the same time, health information exchange organizations must apply special diligence around licensing and support. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Awareness Platforms Are Critical to the Real-Time Healthcare System]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research discusses "awareness" platforms for healthcare delivery organizations. It outlines the benefits and foundational technologies and systems that are required to provide visibility into the enterprise event and patient activity information that contributes to improved outcomes. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. Health Information Exchange: Hyperevolution or Mayhem?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Health information exchange in the U.S. has switched from slow growth to hyperevolution. Here, we identify four varieties of HIEs that will evolve and their common technical requirements. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ For EHRs, Application Integration Does Not Produce Truly Integrated Applications]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner stresses the advantage of using an integrated application. Here, we answer questions about how this differs from using applications composed through the techniques of "application integration" with reference to "modular electronic health records" and accountable care. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Healthcare Delivery Organizations Must Have Well-Defined and Functioning Clinical Decision Support Committees]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ HDOs need to create clinical decision support committees with clear missions. These must represent all stakeholders and regularly monitor CDS effectiveness to derive optimal value from electronic health record systems. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=211200&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Top Actions for Healthcare Delivery Organization CIOs: Leverage Your Position to Harvest High EHR System Benefit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Electronic health record systems are the biggest IT investments for most CIOs. As the waves of new costs around EHR system deployment and life cycle management ripple across the enterprise, CIOs must be prepared to play a bigger role in ensuring financial and quality benefits. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=211031&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ CIOs Should Use These Guidelines to Ensure Healthcare IT Megasuite Vendors Don't Handcuff Their Futures]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Most hospitals and integrated delivery systems rely heavily on one healthcare-specific application megasuite vendor for critical functionality. Gartner provides a guide to assess whether your vendors will keep pace with evolving needs. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Allscripts Ramps Up Challenging Integration Effort Following Merger With Eclipsys]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner has reviewed the new strategy with Allscripts executives and offers this critique and advice for the company's clients and prospects. CIOs, CMIOs and other corporate executives can use this information to assess the impact of this acquisition on strategies and options. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Factors That Lead to Successful CPR System Implementations]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research presents factors that lead to successful computer-based patient record system implementations. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Modifying the Enterprise CPR System Generation Model]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Changing market demands have required some fundamental changes to Gartner's Enterprise Computer-Based Patient Record System Generation Model. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Healthcare Delivery Organizations Must Address the Growing IT Support Crisis]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Healthcare delivery organization support capabilities are being significantly stressed by the increasing number of mission-critical applications that make up the IT environment. Constrained budgets and demanding service levels make increased funding and innovation essential. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Key Issues for Healthcare Delivery Organizations and Government E-Health Programs, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's 2010 healthcare provider agenda will focus on how to harness the transformative opportunities that IT is creating, particularly in the areas of computer-based patient records, health information exchanges and advancing healthcare toward the "real-time enterprise" model. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Create or Re-examine Your Clinical IT Vision]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ It is critical for all healthcare delivery organizations to have a clearly stated clinical IT vision. Those that don't often find it difficult to correctly implement a system or to demonstrate value of that system. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=174734&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The Limits of Certification and Guarantees in Buying Electronic Health Records in the U.S.]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Certification and vendors' guarantees to achieve certification are little help when choosing products for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 incentive payments. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=174011&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The Definition of EHR in U.S. Health IT Incentive Regulations]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ An implication of recent draft U.S. regulations has been to broaden the definition of "electronic health record technology" from a single application to a group of applications. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=174014&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010</pubDate>
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  <category><![CDATA[Magic Quadrants]]></category> 
   			<title><![CDATA[ Magic Quadrant for U.S. Enterprise CPR Systems]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Potential money made available through ARRA and a focus on accountable care organizations have motivated HDOs to fully implement their computer-based patient record systems. Presented here are the results of Gartner's annual comprehensive evaluation of vendor CPR offerings for the U.S. market. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=208898&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Healthcare Provider Applications and Systems, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner tracks applications and systems that assist care delivery organizations in their pursuit of improving care quality and customer satisfaction, lowering costs, and managing growth. Achieving these goals requires a balance of automation, analysis, insight and strategic innovation. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Healthcare Provider Technologies and Standards, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Hype Cycle assists healthcare delivery organizations to assess the value and maturity of important IT technologies and associated standards that support their efforts to improve safety and care quality, reduce costs, increase revenue, and remain compliant. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=205271&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Telemedicine, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's Hype Cycle for Telemedicine helps healthcare delivery organizations, government healthcare agencies and healthcare payers prioritize their involvement in telemedicine applications. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=201501&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010</pubDate>
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 			<title><![CDATA[ Symposium/ITxpo Worlwide]]></title> 
  	
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