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Facing a sometimes impatient and skeptical audience of clinicians and healthcare IT vendors, European Commission officials say the latest eHealth plans will include concrete proposals to deploy information technology throughout European health systems.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday $162 million in awards to 16 states and qualified state designated entities for the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program.

All primary care doctors in Denmark use electronic medical records and 98 percent have the ability to electronically manage patient care. This has put the small country at the forefront of effective information technology use, according to a new report released by the Commonwealth Fund.

European Union ministers have unveiled a common vision and policy priorities to ensure that all countries in the region take advantage of information technology to improve healthcare.

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) said it believes the Interim Final Rule (IFR) on standards and certification might cause "unintended deceleration in the pace of adoption."

The ministerial High Level eHealth Conference and the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition will be held jointly this week in Barcelona, Spain.

Analysts are bullish after the investors meeting held Thursday by Cerner, the Kansas City maker of EMR and CPOE systems.

While EHRs are increasingly essential for healthcare providers, their efficacy can be constricted by the nature of their design, their use and the interpretation of data.

RTLS vendor Versus Technology has announced that CancerCare of Maine, operated by Eastern Maine Medical Center, has selected the Versus Advantages solution for its new, state-of-the-art facility in Brewer.

First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday launched the Apps for Healthy Kids competition, the most recent piece of the Let's Move! campaign aimed at ending childhood obesity within a generation.