Molly Merrill

GE Healthcare officials made several announcements Wednesday in New York concerning the company's $6 billion Healthymagination initiative, which aims at investing in technologies that improve healthcare.

A new tool will aid doctors in identifying patients eligible for the H1N1 vaccine using criteria published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A new survey shows that IT practitioners believe their organizations are lacking when it comes to protecting patient information.

A regional not-for-profit health insurer serving New York, Vermont and New Hampshire will reimburse physicians for online consults.

TransforMED, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians, is partnering with medical diagnostic equipment provider Welch Allyn to help medical practices choose an electronic health record vendor.

CVS Caremark and researchers from Harvard and Brigham and Women's Hospital are launching a study to investigate patient adherence to prescription drug therapies. One of the four key components of the study will look at how electronic prescribing impacts compliance.

Thanks to federal grant money, the Hamilton Community Health Network, a 25-physician, six-campus practice serving Flint, Mich. - an area that has been particularly hit hard by the economic crisis - will be able to implement an electronic medical record.

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology on Tuesday launched a new modular certification program called Preliminary ARRA 2011, which will focus solely on "meaningful use" objectives and accompanying standards needed to qualify for federal stimulus funding.

A new initiative launched in Ohio plans to improve the flow of information between health plans and physicians' offices using a multi-payer Web portal.

The House Committee on Small Businesses is reviewing legislation that would provide small medical practices with a $10 million boost for adopting healthcare IT.