Kyle Hardy

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, one of Canada's largest trauma and medical education centers, has automated its patient flow in hopes of achieving a new level of operational efficiency.

HealthLINC, an Indiana-based health information exchange, has received federal funding to implement a new e-prescribing solution.

Southwest General Hospital Center, a 356-bed medical facility based in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, has deployed a new electronic medical record for its physicians.

Coordinated Health, a Lehigh, Pa.-based provider of sports and musculoskeletal medicine services, has implemented a new electronic medical record and management solution to automate processes at eight locations.

Two nonprofit healthcare groups are collaborating to address the current state of health data protection needs in the context of federal legislation and the financial services industry.

Health Net of Arizona, Inc., a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc., has agreed to a mutli-year contract with Catholic Healthcare West, a not-for-profit hospital provider based in San Francisco, to bolster provider networks in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

Massachusetts General Hospital, New England's largest medical facility, has deployed a new surveillance system designed to help the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reduce the risk of major outbreaks of communicable diseases.

The California Regional Health Information Organization is collaborating with UnitedHealthcare to provide support for California's statewide electronic health information exchange initiative.

Even physicians who use EMR systems and other information technology are experiencing high costs in serving multiple-patient health plans, according to a new study.

UNC Hospitals, a 724-bed academic medical center located in Chapel Hill, N.C., will be implementing a new automated Software-as-a-Service tool to manage the hospital's supply contracts and services agreements.