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Most healthcare providers in Europe have some kind of information system in place, though few have a fully integrated and functional hospital information system. To create more potential in the market, governments have stepped in to stimulate growth in HIS systems.
Federal stimulus funding is driving electronic medical record implementations, and state and local governments are increasing their health IT budgets, according to recent reports.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has announced two recipients of the 2009 HIMSS Davies Public Health Award of Excellence.
Bridge Community Health Clinic in Wausau, Wis., plans to automate both the clinical and business sides of its clinic with practice management technology rolled out in July and an electronic medical records system slated to go live by the end of the year.
The American Health Information Management Association Foundation has landed a one-year, $1.2 million grant from the Office of the National Coordinator to continue the State-level Health Information Exchange (SL-HIE) Consensus Project.
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The University of California at Merced’s Valley Telehealth Partnership is too new to have made an impact on the physician and nurse shortages in the San Joaquin Valley.
BRIGGS DEPLOYS DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM AIMED AT ACCURACY
DES MOINES, IA – Briggs, a healthcare provider based in Des Moines, Iowa, has implemented a new electronic mobile data collection system that is designed to enable healthcare agencies to improve the accuracy of recorded data.
Healthcare IT company Healthland, which focuses on the small community and critical access hospitals market, has completed its acquisition of American Healthnet, based in Omaha, Neb.
Claims management has traditionally been an area of tedium, conflict, confusion and aggravation for healthcare providers. Getting claims paid by the insurance company hinged on every “i” being dotted and every “t” being crossed.