Molly Merrill
UnitedHealth Group has adopted new standards for healthcare ID cards across all its health plans. The cards will provide patient eligibility information and access to a personal health record, and process healthcare transactions.
Crusader Community Health, one of the largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Illinois, is preparing to implement an electronic medical record and practice management system for its 54 providers and four locations.
Two vendors have joined forces to develop technology and services aimed at helping Canadian physicians provide chronic disease management programs to their patients.
The Healthcare Business of Thomson Reuters will be helping to implement CMS' Medicare Medical Home Demonstration Project that is set to begin next year.
Compliance standards are poised to drive the healthcare security industry into double-digit growth rates, according to market analyst Frost & Sullivan.
UnitedHealth Group and PacifiCare awarded more than $5.7 million in healthcare grants to California nonprofits to enhance information technology, education, prevention and coordinated care throughout the state.
The National Institute for Mental Health has implemented a Web-based system to automate its forms and workflow processes.
The Illinois State Medical Society is set to offer practice management services to its more than 12,000 physician members.
Saint Joseph's Health System, a 410-bed, acute-care hospital in Atlanta, has launched the International College of Robotic Surgery to train surgeons around the world.
The National Institutes of Health, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research, has awarded three contracts for pilot projects to improve informatics support for researchers conducting small-to medium-sized clinical studies.