Molly Merrill
TELUS, a Canadian telecommunications company, has signed an agreement with the Microsoft Corp. to host and operate the HealthVault platform to provide e-health services in Canada.
The ECRI Institute, a nonprofit research firm based in Plymouth Meeting, Penn., has released its top 10 list of health technologies for hospital c-suite executives for 2009.
Premera Blue Cross, a non-profit, independent, regional health plan based in western Washington, is rolling out an online system to its physician practices throughout Washington and Alaska during the first half of 2009 to help them meet cost transparency needs.
The Eclipsys Corporation has launched an automated toolkit to help hospital limit the spread of the H1N1 influenza in waiting areas.
The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, a Philadelphia-based organization of Medicaid managed care plans, has implemented a new service in two of its health plans that will help physicians identify gaps in their patients' care.
The Health Care Communication and Social Media community from Twitter has launched a Web site to aggregate information feeds from social, government and traditional media concerning the swine flu.
A noninvasive technology currently in development to measure blood and tissue chemistry in astronauts is expected to have benefits for monitoring patients on Earth.
Randy Spratt, executive vice president and chief information officer at McKesson, has been promoted to the newly created position of chief technology officer.
According to first quarter federal reports, Google participated in lobbying efforts aimed at allowing the sale of electronic medical records in the economic stimulus legislation.
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