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May 09, 2012

Patient empowerment a central focus of eHealth Week 2012

Patient-centered medicine was emphasized at the opening of the 10th annual High Level E-Health conference of the European Commission in Copenhagen.

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INSIDE THE May 2012 ISSUE
  • HIT policy committee questions Stage 2 measures
  • iPad starts third-year residency
  • 'Big data' promises big yield for healthcare
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Press Releases

May 22, 2012
GE Healthcare to collaborate with Karolinska University Hospital to advance cell therapy technologies
May 22, 2012
Cooper Green Mercy Hospital implements OpenVista EHR
May 22, 2012
Freedom Imaging preserves client data files in online tech’s HIPAA compliant data center
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Industry News February 01
Reactions to the CMS Care Innovations Summit
Attendees of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Care Innovations Summit discuss their takeaways from the event, which drew more than 1,000 attendees in person and 1,500 online viewers.
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May 08
The uncertain future of health insurance exchanges
In this episode of the Political Malpractice podcast, Senior Editor Mary Mosquera discusses legislative wrangling inhibiting health insurance exchanges and looks at some states that are making tangible progress anyway.
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  • May 23, 2012
    HIMSS Virtual Briefing: The Future of Mobile Technologies and mHealth
  • May 23, 2012
    The 8th Annual World Healthcare Congress- Europe
  • June 06, 2012
    HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo
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International Section

AxSys provides NHS with enhanced clinical IT platform
AxSys Technology has unveiled its enhanced Excelicare clinical IT platform to provide NHS Trusts and primary care providers with a cost-effective way to build patient records electronically. MORE
Chinese hospital uses new tech to manage cancer treatment
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC) will use Elekta’s MOSAIQ to coordinate treatment and planning. MORE
Spanish hospital achieves Stage 7 status
Marina Salud Hospital de Denia in Spain has achieved Stage 7 of the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM). MORE
IMS MAXIMS reveals new ED module
IMS MAXIMS has unveiled a new version of its emergency department information system at the HC2012 conference in London. MORE
UCLA targets malaria with online gaming
HIMSS Analytics Europe to launch EMR Adoption Model in UK
Frimley Park Hospital rolls out new physician portal
HIMSS Europe seeks nominations for governing council
New IT targets drug counterfeiting in developing countries
What providers in other countries can teach the U.S. about social media
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  • From pilot projects to large scale deployment
  • eHealth needs alignment with health policy
  • Semantic interoperability needs political commitment
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October 14, 2011
Kelly Mehler

How Occupy Wall Street is affecting healthcare and social media

The advocacy group Health Care for America Now has had a loud voice in the healthcare reform debate over the past three years. The company started a Tumblr blog titled "We are the 99 percent," where followers submit photos of themselves holding a sheet of paper, with a message as to why they choose to occupy Wall Street. The site states: "We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution." The list goes on. MORE
July 06, 2009
John Halamka

International EHR Adoption

I was recently asked to compare EHR adoption in the US to other countries. Based on my own experience and the comments I received from colleagues, there are three aspects to consider... MORE
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