Although quality information has been collected by governmental and private agencies for over three decades, public access to this information has typically been cumbersome. Recently, an initiative was launched in California in which hospitals can volunteer to provide a series of quality...

Electronic medical record systems (EMRs) could alleviate many problems confronting the health care industry. However, due to their inherent complexity and the difficulties in gaining commitment to their adoption by numerous stakeholders, adoption by hospitals has been slow. In this paper we use...

The goal of this study was to investigate the use and impact of wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication technology developed by Vocera Communications and used by clinicians and mobile workers in a healthcare setting. Of particular interest for this study was the impact of a...