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By Eric Wicklund | 11:59 am | August 10, 2011
A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is looking to take basic charting and clinical functions out of the EMR and offer a simple clinical software package to nonprofits working around the globe.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:05 am | August 10, 2011
The Ontario Telemedicine Network, touted as one of the world's largest, is moving beyond its video conferencing roots by adding a web-based system from Vidyo that will enable doctors and patients to communicate through their PCs.
By Molly Merrill | 05:12 pm | August 09, 2011
The State of Kansas is returning its "Early Innovator" grant that was distributed by HHS to aid in the design and implementation of the IT infrastructure needed to launch its state health insurance exchange.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:43 am | August 09, 2011
SCI Solutions, a provider of enterprise access management, physician connectivity and front-end revenue management software, is flush with two new investments and a new CEO, and it is on a path to growth, executives announced Tuesday.
By Mary Mosquera | 02:41 pm | August 08, 2011
Taconic IPA's Dr. John Blair discusses putting in place the technical tools and practice procedures as the first step toward more effective and coordinated patient care, in the first of a two-part series.
By Molly Merrill | 10:47 am | August 08, 2011
This summer, pre-med students at Penn State have been coaching doctors at Mount Nittany Medical Center on how to transition from paper to electronic health records as as they strive to implement an EHR system by the end of 2011 and receive meaningful use incentives.
By Molly Merrill | 03:53 pm | August 05, 2011
Whether going with a “big bang” approach to electronic health record implementation or taking a phased strategy, three finalists for the HIMSS Davies Ambulatory Care Awards are leveraging their EHRs to improve quality of care and meet meaningful use requirements.
By Molly Merrill | 03:41 pm | August 05, 2011
In its 13th year, the Most Wired hospitals and health systems list, put out by Hospitals & Health Networks, seems to have upped its value as an indicator of hospital care, rather than just a marketing tool.
By Bill Fox | 03:28 pm | August 05, 2011
“Hurdle rate” is a business school term for the minimum rate of return on investment (ROI) on a given project that an organization is willing to accept before financing it.
By Diana Manos | 02:50 pm | August 05, 2011
Even as health IT providers and vendors are immersed in meaningful use, the federal government has its eye on ways to export the concept overseas.