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By Bernie Monegain | 11:29 am | September 21, 2009
Three out of every four insurance claims from healthcare providers are being submitted electronically to AmeriHealth New Jersey - an increase of 50 percent over the past three years, according to the insurer.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:35 am | September 21, 2009
With 2009 designated by the Obama administration as the year of healthcare transformation, organizers say National Health IT Week delivers a timely message on the potential for healthcare information technology to improve the nation's healthcare system.
By Eric Wicklund | 09:33 am | September 21, 2009
Just two weeks after announcing the launch of its own electronic medical records platform, computer giant Dell has acquired IT solutions provider – and fellow Texas company – Perot Systems in a deal worth almost $4 billion.
By Kyle Hardy | 11:43 am | September 18, 2009
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has launched a new tool for accessing information on privacy and security laws regarding electronic medical records and health information exchange.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:23 am | September 18, 2009
Perot Systems has signed a 10-year, $18 million contract to provide IT outsourcing and electronic health records implementation for India-based Max Healthcare.
By Diana Manos | 10:37 am | September 18, 2009
The HIT Policy Committee is holding a hearing today in Washington, D.C. to discuss the privacy aspects of healthcare IT found in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
By Bernie Monegain | 11:37 am | September 17, 2009
The Premier healthcare alliance has contracted with San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies to offer its 2,200 hospital members mobile healthcare information technology to boost obstetrical (OB) care.
By Kyle Hardy | 11:36 am | September 17, 2009
The Henry Ford Health System has rolled out a new picture archiving and communication system.
By Patty Enrado | 10:26 am | September 17, 2009
Shared Health is slated to begin rolling out in December a solution that would give Mississippi Medicaid providers a Web-based electronic health record system and e-prescribing capability.
By Diana Manos | 10:52 pm | September 16, 2009
Getting healthcare IT up and running in doctors' offices is not the main objective behind the incentives provided by the federal government under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator of health information technology.