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By Mike Miliard | 06:00 pm | March 29, 2010
The Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH), a nonprofit alliance of health plans that seeks to simplify administration for payers and providers and enable better care for patients, has announced a partnership with VeriSign, Inc., the Mountain View, Calif. network infrastructure company.
By Bernie Monegain | 05:56 pm | March 29, 2010
The American Medical Association (AMA) is offering physicians across the country a new online platform for access to an electronic health system from Ingenix, called CareTracker.
By Molly Merrill | 05:52 pm | March 29, 2010
Verizon Business launched a new platform last month that will allow more than 350,000 physicians to digitally share patient notes by the end of the summer.
By Healthcare IT News | 05:49 pm | March 29, 2010
Doctors who use file-sharing software could be putting their patients' medical information at risk, according to a new study.
By Molly Merrill | 05:47 pm | March 29, 2010
Given that texting is the most widely used mobile data service and healthcare workers are among the biggest users of mobile technology, it may seem natural for its use to be extended into the physician-patient relationship.
By Bernie Monegain | 05:31 pm | March 29, 2010
A new survey of hospital nurses found that they estimate spending one quarter of their 12-hour shift on indirect patient care, with paperwork taking up much of the rest of their time.
By Bernie Monegain | 05:27 pm | March 29, 2010
Nearly one in five smart pump customers say they would not buy their current pump again, with one exception, according to a new report from healthcare market research firm KLAS.
By Bernie Monegain | 05:24 pm | March 29, 2010
When a software application on a clinician’s tablet takes a full minute to come up, it’s time to do something about it.
By Bernie Monegain | 05:21 pm | March 29, 2010
Driven by meaningful use incentives and a rebounding economy, nearly three quarters (72 percent) of respondents to the 21st Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Leadership Survey said they expect their IT operating budgets to increase in 2010.
By Mike Miliard | 05:17 pm | March 29, 2010
A simple genetic test can reduce hospitalization rates by almost a third for heart patients taking warfarin, the world's most-prescribed blood thinner, according to a study released today by researchers from Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (in association with the Medco Research Institute) and the Mayo Clinic.