Bernie Monegain
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) has selected Deloitte to be a provider of subject matter experience, knowledge and training content related to ICD-10 and HIPAA 5010 compliance learning programs for the upcoming year. These regulations involve the coding system that doctors and hospitals use to code diagnoses and procedure information on medical claims and other fundamental health transactions.
Virtua, the largest integrated delivery network in southern New Jersey, is rolling out new information technology for operating rooms in nine facilities.
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital recently went live with a centralized pharmacy information system that hospital executives say will help close the medication loop
The Medsphere Systems Corp., which sells electronic health record systems based on the open-source technology first built by the Department of Veterans Affairs, has secured $12 million in financing to expand its development efforts.
The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec (CHUQ), which is affiliated with the Reseau Universitaire Integré de Sante (RUIS) of Universite Laval region, is reaping the benefits of a picture archive and communications system implemented months ago.
Healthcare IT company eClinicalWorks, based in Westborough, Mass., will provide electronic health records to correctional facilities associated with Correctional Medical Services Inc.
Microsoft has entered into an agreement with the Social Security Administration to test the use of Microsoft's HealthVault application in the SSA disability determination process.
The City of Laredo Health Department and the Laredo Independent School District are installing the Argus1 System, an Internet-based medical decision support system for early identification of H1N1 virus infection and other communicable diseases that city officials say is the first in the nation.
The VeriChip Corp., a provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for healthcare, is relaunching its VeriMed Health Link electronic health records system, which includes the implantable VeriChip.
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, Minn., has installed an integrated radiology information system and picture archiving and communications system to increase productivity and improve workflow.