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Two protesters scrambled onstage Thursday at the start of a session at America's Health Insurance Plans' annual conference, momentarily upstaging moderator Susan Dentzer before she introduced three former governors slated for the opening keynote.
The market for electronic medical record data transfer equipment and applications, valued at $575 million in 2008, is forecast to reach $1.6 billion in 2013, according to a study by research firm Kalorama Information.
The Department of Health Care Finance, the District of Columbia's state Medicaid agency, is implementing a Medicaid-focused health information exchange pilot project, which officials expect to be up and running within a year.
Targeting a $150-billion-a-year chink in the nation’s healthcare armor, Ingenix is shoring up its payment accuracy technology with the acquisition of AIM Healthcare Services, Inc.
Sweden rolled out the first stage of the Swedish National Patient Summary initiative last month, according to the project's partnering IT vendors, InterSystems and Tieto. The nationwide EHR is billed as one of the first of its kind in the world.
The FDA does not have a comprehensive IT strategic plan to coordinate and manage its current modernization projects, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade association and lobbying group for the insurance companies, launches its annual conference AHIP Institute at the San Diego Convention Center Wednesday. Healthcare reform and healthcare IT are expected to be center stage. Outside, expect protesters for the second year running.
A developer of real-time location systems (RTLS) for hospitals has developed a new device designed to help patients with heart problems move about more freely and hospitals to keep better tabs on their valuable resources.
Early results of the collaboration between the Social Security Administration and MedVirginia, Virginia’s regional health information organization, demonstrate the business value for healthcare information technology, said Jim Borland, special adviser for healthcare IT at Social Security.
The effects of the economic downturn are driving C-level hospital executives to turn to process improvement initiatives. While only large hospitals can afford the expensive and long implementation of lean methodology, small to mid-size hospitals are finding business intelligence solutions are a more cost-effective alternative.