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Surgeons at the Henry Ford Health System, a Detroit-based non-profit healthcare system, will use Twitter to educate the public on a live robotic surgery.

Hidalgo, a U.K.-based technology company, is providing the Catlin Arctic Survey expedition team with the Equivital body-worn physiological monitoring system.

In a state where healthcare has sometimes been delivered by telephone, snowmobile or even dogsled, Philips VISICU and Providence Alaska Medical Center are looking to connect doctor and patient via the Internet.

The economic stimulus funding for healthcare IT was a major topic of the Western States Health-e Connection Summit & Trade Show, which wrapped up March 3, at the Phoenix Convention Center.

Pediatric Associates of Washington State is implementing an electronic health record for its 70 physicians.

The economic stimulus package has allotted $17.2 billion to reward Medicare and Medicaid providers who can prove they are using certified healthcare IT "in a meaningful way."

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is developing a dermatology-specific electronic health records certification program for 2010.

Across the board, independent hospitals, ambulatory care facilities and hospitals in a health system are still pursuing their CPOE and electronic medical record projects, according to a Health Industry Insights survey.

Last year's drug overdose death of Australian actor Heath Ledger is being used as the rallying cry in efforts to improve PHR use.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have successfully demonstrated that a bedside monitoring system can help treat stroke patients.