Bernie Monegain
Americans are pressing for action now on healthcare reform, according to a report released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Hidalgo, a U.K.-based technology company, is providing the Catlin Arctic Survey expedition team with the Equivital body-worn physiological monitoring system.
North Carolina is replacing its Medicaid Management Information System, one that will support and manage other state agency health services in addition to Medicaid.
The CEO of the Tufts Health Plan, who is the grandson of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a member of President Barack Obama’s transition team, is urging universal healthcare.
The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System is among a growing number of hospitals rolling out technology to boost the patient hand-off process.
The Indiana University Health Center has launched an online personal health record for students at its Bloomington campus. The intent is to make it easy for students and their families to share medical information with the health center.
A group of Maryland healthcare institutions, including Erickson Retirement Communities, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, MedStar Health and the University of Maryland Medical System, has submitted its plan for a statewide health information exchange.
Radiology and medical imaging company AMICAS, Inc., has entered into a merger agreement with rival Emageon Inc. The two companies announced Monday AMICAS plans to acquire Emageon in a $39 million deal.
Doctors who electronically prescribe through the Rochester Regional Health Information Organization now can view all the medicines that their patients are taking, reducing the chance of drug errors and misuse, RHIO officials announced recently.
Mary Wakefield, director of the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota, will take the reins at the Health Resources and Services Administration.