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E Gardner

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The trials, tribulations of being a guinea pig.

Turning your hospital into a laboratory for developing new computer products is "not something for the foolish or faint-hearted," warned one information systems manager. Joint-development agreements can be risky business and cause many headaches for all parties, but the payback for hospitals can be a big price break or even a major competitive edge.

Hospital Information Systems↗

Federal healthcare data collection is incomplete and inadequate--report.

A new report criticizes federal efforts to collect data on the use of healthcare services, calling them fragmented, duplicative and inadequate for policymakers' needs. The report says a proposed overhaul of the National Center for Health Statistics doesn't go far enough and offers recommendations to steer the project toward more effective results.

Data Collection↗

IBM wants to take 'byte' out of bedside market.

Whether it's through hardware or software, International Business Machines Corp. is intent on becoming a player in the potentially lucrative bedside computing market. IBM and its software partner, Baxter Healthcare Corp., are hedging their bets to ensure one or both companies will be in the running as a supplier when hospitals decide to employ computers at patients' beds.

Industry↗