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SXC Health Solutions announces PBM contract renewal with Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund
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SXC Health Solutions Corp., a provider of technology and pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services, announced today that it has renewed a multi-year contract, through to June 30, 2011, for its informedRx PBM business with the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF) of Hawaii. Under the agreement, SXC is providing full-service PBM services including mandatory mail, specialty distribution and patient care clinical programs and Employer Group Waiver Plans for the EUTF Prescription Preferred Provider Organization Drug Plan.
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund Hawaii SXC Health Solutions Corp. technology Payers Vendors Source Type: news
Doc, you're getting a Dell (EMR)Email this article to a colleague.
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Dell has launched an electronic medical record that executives say will help bridge healthcare's digital divide.
The Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker on Thursday introduced an electronic medical record system for hospital-affiliated physician practices. The intent, said Dell executives, is to accelerate the sharing and meaningful use of digital patient information among hospitals and physician practices.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Dell Rock ROUND ROCK Texas Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
Video: ARRA update and next stepsEmail this article to a colleague.
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HITSP Chairman John Halamka, MD, gives advice to healthcare organizations on how best to meaningfully use healthcare IT and apply for stimulus funding in this video, produced for the HIMSS Summit of the Southeast and brought to our attention by eMids.
Halamka also provides an update on ARRA's impact on the healthcare industry and outlines the next steps for the federal government, states and healthcare organizations.
Technical note: This video begins at around 0:08 and runs until 12:43.
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Halamka, MD Tags: HITSP Industry News John Halamka Videos Source Type: info
VirtualHealth Technologies Announces Secure eHealth Agreement With DRM Security to Market Secure Document Courier and Storage PlatformEmail this article to a colleague.
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VirtualHealth Technologies, Inc., a provider of secure technology for electronic health records and connectivity for web-based healthcare solutions, announced today an agreement with its subsidiary Secure eHealth to market DRM Security's Secure Document Courier and Storage technology to the healthcare markets.
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Jim Renfro Storage technology VHGI VirtualHealth Technologies Inc. Vendors Source Type: news
JHD Group Announces TURNKEY EHR ServiceEmail this article to a colleague.
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The JHD Group, a leading healthcare provider management firm, today announced that it will offer hospitals and medical groups a turnkey solution to simplify and streamline electronic health record selection, implementation, maintenance and upgrades.
The TURNKEY EHR is a comprehensive, structured end-to-end service which is distinct from "implementation only" and hosting offerings. The JHD Group manages the EHR initiative including readiness assessments, remedial training of physician office staff and post implementation refinements.
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Dallas Kyle Hardy The JHD Group Vendors Source Type: news
Obama endorses healthcare IT before joint session of CongressEmail this article to a colleague.
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President Barack Obama took his health reform cause to a higher level Wednesday night in an address to a joint session of Congress.
It's rare for a president to address a joint session of Congress, aside from the annual state of the union speech, but Obama has felt that the hotly debated healthcare reform issue merits the attention.
Obama has long supported healthcare IT as a foundation for change. Preventive treatment, best practices and fraud prevention--all part of his reform plan--rely on healthcare IT.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Barack Obama Congress Industry News Justin T. Barnes Washington Source Type: news
CRIMSON Initiative aims at performance transparency and improved care qualityEmail this article to a colleague.
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The CRIMSON Initiative, a six-year-old physician performance data management platform, has incorporated more than 200 hospitals into its user base.
Baptist Health South Florida, a Coral Gables, Fla.-based multi-hospital heath system, was the most recent health system to begin using the Web-based physician profiling platform. Since employing the data platform, the health system has made online physician performance data management available to its hospitals.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only Coral Gables CRIMSON Software Inc. Florida Hermann Healthcare Initiative Kyle Hardy Washington Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news
MedPlexus launches 'Cash for Clunkers' EHR/PM programEmail this article to a colleague.
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Much like the federal government’s program targeting old automobiles, MedPlexus is setting its sights on old electronic health records and practice management systems.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only California Sunnyvale Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
Brazil's Albert Einstein hospital goes live on medical-grade networkEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital (HIAE) in São Paulo, Brazil, has deployed an integrated medical-grade network to boost patient care and reduce costs.
The hospital, which is recognized in Latin America for pioneering the use of technology to streamline business processes and deliver value to its patients, selected Cisco's health information technology architecture. The network connects the hospital's workers to essential information and services and has enabled the hospital to link its seven facilities in São Paulo.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital Arai Brazil Cisco information International Latin America Paulo SAO PAULO Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news
Trust stands up to lying downEmail this article to a colleague.
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Seven staff at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been suspended after allegedly taking part in a 'lying down game' during a nightshift and posting photographs on Facebook.
Source: E-Health-Insider - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Setting records straightEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Shared Record Professional Guidance project was run by the Royal College of General Practitioners for NHS Connecting for Health. Peter Short, CfH's national clinical lead GP, talks about the principles behind the new document and how it should stimulate debate about sharing information across clinical settings.
Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info
Labour's O’Brien: NHS safe in our handsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Junior health minister Mike O'Brien has claimed that the NHS is "safe in our hands" and that the government will "focus on quality and innovation" to help it through the financial crunch.
Source: E-Health-Insider - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
GE builds body sensor networksEmail this article to a colleague.
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GE Healthcare has announced that it is developing a wireless medical monitoring system, which could replace the need for the numerous cables traditionally found at patients' bedsides.
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
AIP UniPHY Hits MarketEmail this article to a colleague.
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The American Institute of Physics (AIP) and Collexis Holdings, Inc., have collaborated to produce the AIP UniPHY scientific networking site for physical scientists.
Source: EContent RSS Feeds : Research Center: Sci-Tech/Medical - September 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info
Three HIEs form live, multiregion info exchangeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Three Indiana and Ohio organizations have started sending clinical test results, reports and other medical information among their health information exchanges (HIE) in what is thought to be the country’s first live, multiregion clinical information exchange.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
New Software for MR Breast Imaging Simplifies Diagnoses and BiopsiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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With its new diagnostic reporting software for breast imaging in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Siemens Healthcare provides radiologists with new opportunities in Women's Health. The syngo BreVis diagnostic reporting software shows all of a patient's examination results in a single view - for example ultrasound or radiography images next to the images from magnetic resonance imaging - impossible with previous technology.
Source: eHealth News EU - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: News - Industry News Source Type: info
Public Procurement of Innovation - a Driver for Future Health in EuropeEmail this article to a colleague.
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13 October 2009 Stockholm, Sweden.
The conference will discuss and illustrate Public Procurement of Innovations, PPI, within the Life Science sector. The aim is also to inform about the possibilities with PPI and show a more advantageous way to make use of public means.
Source: eHealth News EU - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: News - Conferences News Source Type: info
MRO Corp. Acquires Release-of-Information Services Vendor, Record Enterprises Inc.Email this article to a colleague.
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MRO Corp., a provider of shared-service, release-of-information (ROI) and audit-tracking solutions for healthcare providers, today announced that, effective September 1, 2009, it has acquired the assets of Record Enterprises Inc., a provider of release-of-information solutions. Don Hardwick, founder of REI, will join MRO as director of compliance and field operations, a critical role to which Hardwick will bring the expertise of his 25 years in the medical-records profession, especially in the area of staffed services.
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Don Hardwick King of Prussia MRO Corp. Record Enterprises Inc. Vendors Source Type: news
Nationwide Health Data Exchange Allows Health Provider Payers to Cooperate in Decreasing Waste and Helping Policyholder CostsEmail this article to a colleague.
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SubroShare has set its sights on being an impartial 'exchange mediator' between payers such as health insurers, TPAs, self-funded plan sponsors and the estimated 350,000+ in-network health provider practices residing within payer and PPO panels.
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: RICHMOND Stephen Ambrose SubroShare Payers Vendors Source Type: news
Methodist Health System Selects Webmedx for Medical Transcription Technology and ServicesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Webmedx, the fourth largest medical transcription service provider in the U.S. and a premier supplier of clinical documentation technology, today announced that Methodist Health System of Dallas (Methodist) has signed an agreement to implement Webmedx's Transcription Outsourcing Service and Enterprise software solution. A web-native system for transcription and content management, the platform will support Methodist's transcription needs and interface with the organization's electronic health record (EHR).
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Atlanta clinical documentation technology Dallas Pamela Stoyanoff United States Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
Arctic blastEmail this article to a colleague.
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A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from 'tepid' to 'arctic.' Sarah Bruce asked analysts, industry experts and IT workers on the ground how they see the recession hitting NHS IT and when they expect to start feeling the squeeze.
Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info
Agfa sells CardioNow unitEmail this article to a colleague.
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Agfa Healthcare has sold its CardioNow unit, a secure provider of clinical trial services, to BioClinica.
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Arctic blastEmail this article to a colleague.
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A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from 'tepid' to 'arctic.' Sarah Bruce asked analysts, industry experts and IT workers on the ground how they see the recession hitting NHS IT and when they expect to start feeling the squeeze.
Source: E-Health Europe Opinion And Analysis - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info
The HIMSS HIE Open Source Task Force is seeking volunteers!Email this article to a colleague.
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The purpose of the FY10 Open Source task force is to develop a white paper focused on open source deployments and opportunities of this technology solution within HIE. The monthly call is the first Thursday of every month at 1:00pm (ET). Contact Holly Gaebel <mailto:hgaebel@himss.org> to join this task force.
Source: GNU/Linux And Open Source Medical Software News - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Birmingham uses OMNI-Lab for baby testsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is using a subset of OMNI-Lab to manage the bloodspot screening tests taken from 70,000 newborn infants across the West Midlands each year.
Source: E-Health-Insider - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Marietta Memorial Hospital signs IT service agreementEmail this article to a colleague.
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Marietta Memorial Hospital has signed a five-year IT solutions contract with CareTech Solutions.
Earlier this year, the Marietta, Ohio-based hospital had implemented a new electronic medical record designed to improve interoperability and quality of care. CareTech, based in Troy, Mich., has now been contracted to provide the hospital with IT and service desk solutions.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only CareTech CareTech Solutions Kyle Hardy Marietta Marietta Memorial Hospital Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
Obama to address public option in prime-time speech tonightEmail this article to a colleague.
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President Obama is expected to address the issue of a public option, which some Democrats have said is a non-negotiable aspect of passing a health reform bill, in a televised speech tonight.
Obama has been a long-time supporter of healthcare IT, saying it can exact change in the system by saving money, avoiding medical errors and streamlining testing. He is likely to tout it in tonight's speech as a step in the right direction.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only America Barack Obama Congress Industry News Robert Gibbs Washington Source Type: news
Henry Ford reduces hospital admissions with remote monitoringEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Henry Ford Health System's Patient-Centered Team Care program has reduced expected hospital admissions for enrolled heart failure patients by 36 percent after six months, according to officials.
The Detroit-based nonprofit healthcare system began using device-free patient-monitoring technology called Tel-Assurance, developed by Northfield, Ill.-based Pharos Innovations, at its clinics on July 21, 2008 as part of its patient-centered medical home model.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Detroit heart failure Henry Ford Pharos Innovations Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
Rockingham Memorial Hospital strikes contract with NextGen for IT solutionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Va., is collaborating with NextGen Healthcare Information Systems to implement new technology in its quest to qualify for federal funding for healthcare IT improvements.
The 270-bed hospital will implement Horsham, Pa.-based NextGen’s Community Health Solution, Electronic Health Record, Enterprise Practice Management and Image Control System. With these new solutions in place, officials say they hope to receive available stimulus funds as well as improve the quality of care for patients.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only Harrisonburg Kyle Hardy Memorial Hospital NextGen Healthcare Information Systems Quality Systems Inc. Virginia Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
KLAS: Providers poised to buy imaging technologyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Healthcare providers are ready to buy new imaging equipment despite a tough economy, according to a new report from KLAS.
The Orem, Utah-based research firm's report indicates that while a third of providers will maintain a freeze on all imaging equipment for now, the rest are going forward with purchases.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Carestream FUJIFILM GE imaging Konica Minolta Orem Philips Siemens Toshiba Utah Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
New, Web-Based Tool From The ACP Guides Practices To Become Medical HomesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The American College of Physicians (ACP) is offering a new, web-based tool to help guide practices through the process of becoming a patient-centered medical home (PCMH). The ACP Practice Solutions' Medical Home Builder, which can be used for both a major transformation into a PCMH or to help practices making small-scale quality improvement changes, is available to individuals, group practices, PCMH demonstration projects, academic medical centers and training programs.
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news
Philips to develop eICU with GeisingerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Royal Philips Electronics has signed an agreement with Geisinger Health System, an integrated US healthcare system, to launch an electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU) Programme.
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
McKesson Announces New President of McKesson Specialty Care SolutionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mark Walchirk, an 8-year McKesson Veteran, Promoted to Lead Specialty Business
Source: McKesson News - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: organizations
CCHIT to launch ARRA certification program next monthEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) will launch its new certification programs on Oct. 7. In addition to an updated EHR certification program—CCHIT Certified 2011—the organization will offer a modular certification program, called Preliminary ARRA 2011, which is limited to the standards for qualifying EHR technology under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Cerner monitors CT scans at St James’sEmail this article to a colleague.
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St James's Hospital, the largest hospital in Ireland, has implemented an electronic support system into its Cerner Millennium electronic patient record (EPR) to reduce patient exposure to radiation.
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Laps Care - Tieto's Home Care Planning SystemEmail this article to a colleague.
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More efficient use of care workers' skills, improved continuity of service, minimised travel time, less need for temporary relief staff, fair distribution of tasks - these are some of the benefits that can be achieved by using Tieto's home care planning system Laps Care for staff planning and scheduling in home care.
Source: eHealth News EU - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: News - Industry News Source Type: info
S.C. physician group selects MaxMD for clinical integrationEmail this article to a colleague.
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United Physicians of Charleston, an independent physician association in South Carolina, has chosen MaxMD to provide it with encrypted communications and other Web-based services for the association’s clinical integration initiative.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
CMS provides EHR funding guidance to statesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Center for Medicaid and State Operations of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has sent a letter to state Medicaid directors providing guidance on Section 4201 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which established a payment program for providers that become meaningful users of EHRs.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
EDS Extends Deal With DoD Military Health SystemEmail this article to a colleague.
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New $8.1 million, 12-month add-on contract will provide applications development to the Disability Evaluation System as well as the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application. - EDS signed Sept. 8 an $8.1
million, 12-month add-on contract with the DoD (U.S. Department of
Defense) Military Health System to make technical enhancements to
several Defense Health Information Management Systems. The contract extends the 16-year relationship between EDS, an HP company, and the ...
Source: eWeek Health Care - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info
CCHIT poised to begin new certification programsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Certification Commission for healthcare information technology has announced that it will launch new certification programs on Oct. 7.
CCHIT officials announced Tuesday they will offer an updated comprehensive electronic health record certification program, called CCHIT Certified 2011, as well as a modular certification program – called Preliminary ARRA 2011 – that is limited to the standards for qualifying EHR technology under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Chicago electronic health record Industry News Mark Leavitt Vendors Source Type: news
Doctors clamor for say in healthcare reform debateEmail this article to a colleague.
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As Congress returns to session Tuesday, physicians representing more than 10,000 of their colleagues headed to Capitol Hill to urge senators to include them in the healthcare reform debate.
They plan to deliver the "US Physicians Appeal," signed by more 10,000 physicians across the country, which urges policymakers to include frontline working physicians in national healthcare strategy.
Physicians leveraged the power of social media by using Sermo, the largest online physician community, to make their voices heard and take an active role in the debate.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Congress Daniel Palestrant Industry News Sermo Tom Coburn Washington Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Source Type: news
Hospitals push P4P in health reformEmail this article to a colleague.
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More than 2,200 hospitals – members of the Premier healthcare alliance – urged President Barack Obama last Friday to include pay for performance as part of a health reform plan.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Barack Obama Industry News San Diego Susan DeVore Washington Source Type: news
One Beacon, Medversant partner to offer electronic credentialing solutionEmail this article to a colleague.
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One Beacon Professional Partners, a member of the OneBeacon Insurance Group, is collaborating with Medversant Technologies to provide clients with an electronic credentialing verification and management system.
One Beacon, based in Canton, Mass., and Medversant, headquartered in Los Angeles, have developed AutoVerifi, a solution designed to contiuously validate, store and retrieve records of medical providers. The technology is expected to simplify the credentialing process by storing medical information in a single location.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Online Only Kyle Hardy Medversant Technologies Medversant Technologies LLC One Beacon Professional Partners OneBeacon Insurance Group Payers Vendors Source Type: news
DoD extends contract with EDS to manage electronic health recordsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Department of Defense Military Health System has signed an $8.1 million, 12-month add-on contract with EDS to make technical enhancements to several health information management systems.
The work is aimed at improving the quality and delivery of healthcare for recovering service members under the DoD Wounded Warrior care initiative.
The contract extends the 16-year relationship to manage and maintain the military's electronic health record – the largest and most comprehensive electronic health record in the world, according to the DoD.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Defense Military Health System Department of Defense EDS electronic health record Industry News Washington Vendors Source Type: news
Medical automation market expected to grow to $23.2B by 2014Email this article to a colleague.
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The market for medical automation technology is forecast to grow from $13.1 billion this year to $23.2 billion in 2014, according to BCC Research.
The report, Medical Automation Technologies, Products and Markets, pegs the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) at 12.2 percent.
Source: Healthcare IT News - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Industry News Wellesley Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Vendors Source Type: news
Spanish develop RFID alert systemEmail this article to a colleague.
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A team of Spanish researchers has developed a system that reminds elderly people and those with special needs when they forget everyday tasks, such as picking up their keys or taking medication.
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Microsoft asks NHS what next for its EwAEmail this article to a colleague.
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Microsoft is running a consultation to ask NHS IT professionals what they want to see in a future Enterprise wide Agreement between the NHS and the company.
Source: E-Health-Insider - September 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
iPLATO Chosen in Tech Media Invest Top 100 ListEmail this article to a colleague.
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iPLATO has earned a place in the Tech Media Invest Top 100, a list of the hottest emerging and most innovative companies in the ever converging tech and media industries. The Top 100 list has been revealed by Europe-Unlimited, Europe's leading event organisers for investors and technology companies, in association with The Guardian, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Kemp Little.
Source: eHealth News EU - September 7, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: News - Industry News Source Type: info
12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted InterventionEmail this article to a colleague.
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20th-24th September 2009, Imperial College London.
MICCAI 2009, the 12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, is set to welcome delegates in London from 20th - 24th September 2009. Now in its 12th year, the MICCAI conference attracts world-leading scientists, engineers and clinicians from a wide range of disciplines associated with medical imaging and computer assisted surgery.
Source: eHealth News EU - September 7, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: News - Conferences News Source Type: info
