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The West Wireless Health Institute, one of world's first medical research organizations dedicated to advancing health and well-being through the use of wireless technologies, has received a $45 million contribution from the Gary and Mary West Foundation.
Beaumont Hospitals in Royal Oak, Mich., will expand its existing picture archiving and communication system to include a system for imaging and reporting in its cardiology department.
The Lahey Clinic, a physician-led, nonprofit healthcare organization based in Burlington, Mass., is preparing to implement an enterprise-wide electronic medical record.
Healthcare IT has always been about improving clinical outcomes and driving workflow efficiencies, both of which create cost savings. With the economic downturn in full swing and the $19.2 billion in healthcare IT investment from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act coming down the pipe, expect that message to resound throughout the Exhibit Hall at the HIMSS09, April 3-8.
The QuadraMed Corporation has announced that the Fremont-Rideout Health Group will implement the company's Revenue Cycle and Quantum Health Information Management solutions.
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An engaged front-line team, supported by an electronic health record and a clinical care registry, is credited with reducing the deaths of patients with coronary health disease by 73 percent, according to the results of a Colorado program piloted by Kaiser Permanente.
Emageon, which provides technology for hospitals, healthcare networks and imaging facilities, says it and other defendants will settle a shareholder lawsuit filed against them in connection with the planned acquisition by AMICAS.
The Mexican Social Security Health Institute has revamped its network to connect 2,000 rural clinics and offices.