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By Molly Merrill | 11:45 am | June 02, 2009
A report by consumer watchdog Public Citizen claims that nearly half of all hospitals have not submitted a single physician's name to the National Practitioner Data Bank, which provides reviews of healthcare practitioners' professional credentials.
By Kyle Hardy | 11:31 am | June 02, 2009
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, one of Canada's largest trauma and medical education centers, has automated its patient flow in hopes of achieving a new level of operational efficiency.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:20 am | June 02, 2009
As President Barack Obama prepared to meet with Congressional Democrats Tuesday to discuss healthcare reform, the White House Council of Economic Advisers released a report that highlights both the upside and the downside of technology.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:20 am | June 02, 2009
With IT budgets squeezed, physician practices and hospitals are looking to IT vendors for ways to keep their technology projects on track - but those vendors are offering few creative solutions, according to a new report from KLAS.
By Kyle Hardy | 11:35 am | June 01, 2009
HealthLINC, an Indiana-based health information exchange, has received federal funding to implement a new e-prescribing solution.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:22 am | June 01, 2009
Health information technology regional extension centers should be designed with local needs in mind and focus on providing implementation and technical assistance to clinicians, according to a new survey released by the eHealth Initiative.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:56 am | June 01, 2009
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has published on its Web site the criteria and test scripts developed during 2009, along with a newly developed "Concise Guide to CCHIT Criteria."
By Diana Manos | 12:12 pm | May 29, 2009
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday released $81.7 million in non-stimulus package funding to help expand community health center services.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:04 am | May 29, 2009
Maryland intensive care patients will now be connected by voice, video and data lines to specialized physicians and nurses at a tertiary care referral center 130 miles away.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:40 am | May 29, 2009
The Chesapeake Hospital Authority is ready to roll out a fully integrated clinical and revenue management information technology system at the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, a 310-bed hospital in Chesapeake, Va.