Kyle Hardy
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, a not-for-profit organization providing care in more than 30 pediatric specialties, has launched a new Web site focused on a family approach to healthy lifestyles.
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Health insurer Aetna, Inc., will provide 65,000 individuals with free credit monitoring for a year after its job application Web site was breached.
The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel is developing global standards to support “core research data element exchange.”
The Austin Radiological Association, a provider of radiological services in central Texas, has implemented a free electronic health record interface, with the idea of providing constant, affordable access to clinical information.
The West Wireless Health Institute, a San Diego-based medical research organization, is collaborating with Corventis, Inc. to launch the institute's first clinical research program. The new program will look into how to lower hospital readmissions among heart disease patients.
Englewood Hospital Home Health and Hospice Services has agreed to a partnership in order to provide chronically ill patients with the option of telehealth services.
In an effort to push forward the State of California's goal of a wired health system, The California Public Employee's Retirement System has partnered with Anthem Blue Cross, Medco Health Solutions, Inc., and Blue Shield of California.
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has finished appointing the 265 members for its 19 all-volunteer work groups.
The American College of Radiology plans to launch the National Mammography Database in July, part of a warehouse of the ACR registry databases.