A new study of 4,000 hospitals by Harvard Medical School concludes that IT systems actually are costing healthcare institutions more money than they save. And any improvements in healthcare processes ...

One of the big hopes of health care overhaul is that the U.S. will get its health care system computerized. A Maryland pediatrician, who last March described her concerns about computerization, ...

Various agencies of the Executive branch are rushing to streamline local government units’ capabilities to shorten the time needed to issue business permits and licenses, obviously in a bid to fulfill ...

Computerization could take over 7.5 million retail jobs, says the Guardian, citing a Cornerstone Capital Group study. Hardest hit could be the nation's 3.5 million cashiers, 73% of whom are women and, ...

Two related stories at New Scientist caught my eye this week, because they speak to one of the sad truths of the increased computerization of the economy -- the more we computerize, the more threats ...

WASHINGTON, DC, May 28, 2013 — A new study suggests that the decline of labor unions, partly as an outcome of computerization, is the main reason why U.S. corporate profits have surged as a share of ...

The word 'computerized' used to promise something. A computerized process was efficient, rigorous, unfailing, and impartial. Computerization was beige magic that could be applied to any field of ...

Determined to fulfill its vision of delivering world-class service to the public, the National Statistics Office (NSO), with the help of Unisys, is pursuing its computerization project at a steady ...