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The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System is among a growing number of hospitals rolling out technology to boost the patient hand-off process.
Presbyterian Healthcare Services, a not-for-profit system of hospitals in New Mexico, is planning to revamp its patient call center by improving access to patient data.
President Barack Obama told Congress Tuesday night that healthcare reform must be addressed this year. In his first speech to a joint session of Congress, he called for a three-pronged approach to saving the economy that includes healthcare reform and investments in energy and education.
The Indiana University Health Center has launched an online personal health record for students at its Bloomington campus. The intent is to make it easy for students and their families to share medical information with the health center.
A group of Maryland healthcare institutions, including Erickson Retirement Communities, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, MedStar Health and the University of Maryland Medical System, has submitted its plan for a statewide health information exchange.
A virtual tissue bank is in development in Arizona, thanks to a partnership between the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission and Reston, Va.-based 5AM Solutions.
Washington State Health Care Authority's health record bank initiative in three communities will go live at the end of February or early March and the request for proposal for the Health Record Bank of Oregon will be released in the same timeframe.
Sandlot, a wholly owned subsidiary of North Texas Specialty Physicians located in Fort Worth, Texas, has gone live with a health information exchange and integrated electronic medical record platform that links providers in the Tarrant County area.
With the stimulus package passed, President Barack Obama plans to put healthcare and the promotion of healthcare IT among his top priorities, according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
Physician practices in San Antonio are being offered an electronic prescribing system at no charge thanks to joint initiative between Jacksonville, Fla.-based Availity, LLC and national health insurer Humana, Inc.