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Brigham and Women's Hospital, a 777-bed teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and GE Healthcare are teaming up to conduct molecular imaging research aimed at developing personalized treatment for cancer, brain and heart disease.

Military officials say the deployment of a pervasive operational business intelligence system has allowed them to be more efficient in evacuation and care activities, minimizing suffering and improving care.

New York will distribute $60 million for projects that promote the use of health information technology in patient-centered medical homes.

A wearable sensor for monitoring the elderly will soon be made available to long-term care facilities to aid in fall prevention.

Only 7 percent of hospitals meet Leapfrog medication error prevention (CPOE) standards and few hospitals are meeting mortality standards, according to the 2008 Leapfrog Hospital Survey, released Wednesday.

At a time of layoffs across the country, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) launched CoreLink Administrative Solutions, a healthcare IT company, in January.

Consumer appetite for electronic health records, online tools and services continues to grow, according to the results of the 2009 Deloitte Survey of Health Care Consumers.

Researchers at the University of Michigan are using high-productivity computing (HPC) systems to conduct pioneering research aimed at predicting and preventing heart arrhythmias.

Critical care patients at seven of Chicago-based Resurrection Health Care's hospitals are far less likely to develop complications and have extended ICU stays since the health system implemented an advanced information technology system.

As part of an ongoing ambulatory electronic medical record deployment, the Lehigh Valley Health Network in eastern Pennsylvania is refining its EMR training processes.