Ruben Amarasingham, MD, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, conducted a study that queried 41 Texas hospitals about their use of technology. The study looked at physicians’ interaction with IT systems and followed 167,233 patients with statistics about in-hospital deaths, complications, costs, and length of stay. According to a report at [...]

Family Services Woodfield (FSW), a nonprofit organization in Bridgeport, Conn., is dipping its toes in open source waters with the help of virtual machines. FSW helps families through difficult life situations: anything from illiteracy, domestic violence, or HIV, to helping a youth coming out of juvenile delinquency or a family caring for an aging grandparent. [...]

Fears that outsourcing might decrease in the wake of leaner economic conditions are unfounded, according to a report at EconomicTimes. Quite the contrary, says Rohit Kapoor, president and CEO of EXL Service. Kapoor was quoted in the report saying that companies are looking for the quickest way to cut expenses, and apparently IT outsourcing is [...]