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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[ Case Study: Funding IT Investments in a Decentralized Healthcare System (Lessons From Canada)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Leaders of "e-health" programs face the challenge of how to fund coordinated IT investments, despite the decentralized nature of most healthcare systems. We examine the Canada Health Infoway program, which has a funding model that is showing positive results. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Roundup of Healthcare Provider Research, 2Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This roundup provides IT leaders with a hyperlinked menu of healthcare provider IT research published from July 2008 through June 2009 on gartner.com. This research is aligned and presented similar to our 2009 Key Issues, which is by Core Topic using the run, grow and transform methodology. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Results of the Gartner-AMDIS Survey of Chief Medical Informatics Officers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The chief medical informatics officer role has proven pivotal to the successful implementation of physician-directed IT applications. Gartner's survey provides useful guidance to healthcare organizations around the world in defining this role. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Key Findings From Gartner's European Healthcare Survey]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In 2009, Gartner conducted an in-depth survey of care delivery organizations in four European countries. The survey covered IT spending, IT purchasing patterns, hardware and infrastructure, technologies, and applications. Here are the results. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Roundup of Healthcare Providers Research, 1Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This roundup provides IT leaders with a hyperlinked menu of healthcare provider research published from April 2008 through March 2009 on gartner.com. This research is aligned and presented similar to our Key Issues, 2009, by Core Topics using the run, grow and transform methodology. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The Top 11 Actions for the Care Delivery Organization CIO, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Despite challenging economic circumstances, healthcare CIOs have a great opportunity to make sizable contributions to their organizations. We present Gartner's view of healthcare CIOs' top priorities for 2009. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Findings: CDOs Need to Prepare for Convenient Internet Access for Their Patients and Visitors]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Access to the Internet from visitor areas and patient rooms makes time spent in the hospital more productive and pleasurable. The right access and use policies, security controls, technical infrastructure, and end-user support approach can ensure this customer convenience doesn't become a liability. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Use Retention Guidelines to Regularly Dispose of Enterprise Data]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The explosion of enterprise data is stressing care delivery organization storage fabrics and IT budgets, and is creating a host of legal discovery vulnerabilities. Optimizing storage use will help slow growth; however, an emphasis must now be placed on limiting data retention. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Use Gartner's Long-Term Healthcare Scenario Spotlight as a Guide to CDO Strategic Planning]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Using a "scenaric-planning" methodology, Gartner has identified how healthcare might be radically reshaped by 2019. This Spotlight examines alternate scenarios and the implications of each for care delivery organizations and IT-related investments. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The Herky-Jerky Care Scenario for Healthcare in 2019: Characteristics and Implications]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In the Herky-Jerky quadrant of Gartner's U.S. Healthcare 2019 scenario, care will remain activity-based and locally delivered. Strategic planners at care delivery organizations can use the characteristics, signposts and implications described here to prepare for this scenario. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Healthcare Prominent at Qualcomm Smart Services Leadership Summit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Qualcomm's fifth annual Smart Services Leadership Summit was held in San Diego during the last week of July. Several industries were highlighted as beneficiaries of intelligent machine-to-machine and wireless communications, but none were more prominent than healthcare. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Comment on Meaningful Use of EHR but Understand It First]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The draft criteria on the "meaningful use" of electronic health records offer healthcare providers and other stakeholders an opportunity to influence the complex process that leads to the final criteria. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=169215&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Key Lessons From a Video Visit Deployment in Ontario]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Thanks to the work of the Ontario Telemedicine Network, video has become a standard component of healthcare delivery and education in Ontario. This research explores the factors that made this initiative successful. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=167489&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	  <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Roundup of Healthcare Providers Research, 1Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This roundup provides IT leaders with a hyperlinked menu of healthcare provider research published from April 2008 through March 2009 on gartner.com. This research is aligned and presented similar to our Key Issues, 2009, by Core Topics using the run, grow and transform methodology. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=167772&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	  <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Now Is the Time for CDOs to Investigate Alternatives to Microsoft Office]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In difficult economic times significant budget line items will be more closely scrutinized. Care delivery organizations should take this opportunity to investigate alternatives to Microsoft Office for users with minimal document creation and collaboration requirements. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Health Information Exchanges Must Meet Specific Needs to Succeed]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A gradual approach to implementing HIEs, based on visible, step-by-step achievements, will be most effective in winning the trust of clinicians and patients in most countries. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Risk Model for 'New' Healthcare Applications]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Care delivery organizations should use Gartner's new product risk model to evaluate vendor offerings and help mitigate the risk associated with implementing or upgrading healthcare applications. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=171094&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Meaningful Use and Certification of EHRs: Tracking Evolving Targets]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Ample incentive funding is available for U.S. physicians and hospitals that make "meaningful use" of "certified" electronic health records. The evolving policies to define meaningful use and certification requirements are important for care delivery organizations that may pursue the incentives. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Requirements for Helping U.S. Physicians to Adopt EHRs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ U.S. organizations assisting physician adoption of ambulatory electronic health records must focus on local physician needs, as well as societal goals. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=167751&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Roundup of Healthcare Providers Research, 1Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This roundup provides IT leaders with a hyperlinked menu of healthcare provider research published from April 2008 through March 2009 on gartner.com. This research is aligned and presented similar to our Key Issues, 2009, by Core Topics using the run, grow and transform methodology. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=167772&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cool Vendors in Healthcare Providers, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research provides examples of cool vendors and technologies in 2009 that address niche or new areas of importance to healthcare provider organizations. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=166283&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Practical Considerations Regarding Outpatient E-Prescribing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The benefits of outpatient e-prescribing have been discussed for years, yet physician adoption remains low. Here, we discuss the drivers for, barriers against and recommendations on improving adoption. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ European Healthcare Agencies Must Act on the European Commission Communication on Telemedicine]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The European Commission's Communication on Telemedicine deserves the attention and action of European healthcare agencies, although some of its messages need qualification. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=165719&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Semantic Interoperability on the Hype Cycle for Healthcare Provider Technologies and Standards]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In publishing our Hype Cycle reports in July 2008, Gartner omitted its description of semantic interoperability. Because this is a topic of growing importance, we are publishing this information now. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Patient-Changed Data Is a Threat to PHR Credibility]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Personal health records offer the opportunity for patients to relay clinical information from one healthcare provider to another. This can be a benefit, but only if PHR vendors, computer-based patient record vendors and care delivery organizations ensure that this data is credible when received. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=162311&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Magic Quadrant for U.S. Enterprise CPR Systems]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Computer-based patient record systems are a necessity, especially as greater emphasis is placed on delivering high-quality healthcare. 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>Thu, 11 Dec 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Healthcare Payers, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The current economic climate is driving change for insurers. Consequently, innovation must be a top agenda item for both IT and the business. This Hype Cycle highlights the state of adoption for technologies that should be used in defining strategies that seek to run, grow or transform the business. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Healthcare Provider Technologies and Standards, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ IT and related standards have taken a prominent role in supporting a care delivery organization's efforts to improve care quality, reduce costs and increase revenue. This Hype Cycle helps CDOs assess the value and maturity of these technologies. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=169542&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Healthcare Provider Applications and Systems, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner tracks those 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>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=169532&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Telemedicine, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's Hype Cycle for Telemedicine helps care delivery organizations, government healthcare agencies and healthcare payers prioritize their involvement in telemedicine applications. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=169011&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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 			<title><![CDATA[ Prospering in a World Where the Consumer Is Truly the King</BR></BR>21 August 2009]]></title> 
  	
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