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HIMSS white paper: "usability" critical to adoption of EMRs

 Kyle Hardy July 02, 2009
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's EHR Usability Task Force has released a white paper focusing on the level of usability in electronic medical records and their implementation at healthcare organizations.
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Lawsuit claims stimulus act puts privacy in jeopardy

 Molly Merrill July 02, 2009
A class action lawsuit claims the stimulus act jeopardizes the privacy rights of the 65 percent of Americans who aren't on Medicaid or Medicare by requiring healthcare providers to create an electronic health record of every person in the United States. The lawsuit seeks an injunction to protect personal health information and to prevent the defendants from disbursing the $22 billion budgeted for the electronic health records systems.
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Vendor Notebook - Informatics Corporation of America joins Companion Data Services on HIE solution

 Eric Wicklund July 02, 2009
The Informatics Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tenn., has announced an alliance with Companion Data Services, LLC of Columbia, S.C. to integrate ICA's CareAlign solution with CDS' data center to create a health information exchange solution.
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Obama highlights IT as a tool to fix healthcare

 Molly Merrill July 02, 2009
President Obama called for fixing the broken healthcare system by building upon investments made in electronic medical records in a town hall meeting held Wednesday.
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Provider-to-provider HIT delivers high value at low cost

 Patty Enrado July 02, 2009
St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md., recently launched a three-hospital health information exchange that officials say provides a cheaper, easier model for hospitals.
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Hyland Software acquires Valco Data Systems

 Eric Wicklund July 02, 2009
Hyland Software is bolstering its healthcare portfolio with the acquisition of Valco Data Systems, whose specialty is providing data integration services for healthcare providers using MEDITECH software.
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GE Healthcare, InterComponentWare to expand HIE services

Kyle Hardy July 01, 2009
GE Healthcare has entered into a partnership with InterComponentWare, Inc., to integrate, develop and expand their health information exchange solutions.
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Dashboard tracks federal IT spending

 Molly Merrill July 01, 2009
Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra has unveiled the beta release of the Office of Management and Budget's IT Dashboard, a new Web site that tracks federal information technology investments.
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Saving the healthcare industry: EMRs are the 'beginning, not the end'

 Chip Means July 01, 2009
Economically healthy industries empower workers to make decisions, compensate based on productivity and use a lot of information technology. The healthcare industry doesn't do any of this – yet.
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Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta promotes healthy lifestyles with new Web site

 Kyle Hardy July 01, 2009
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, a not-for-profit organization providing care in more than 30 pediatric specialties, has launched a new Web site focused on a family approach to healthy lifestyles.
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As providers see value in healthcare IT, expect job market to grow

 Patty Enrado July 01, 2009
The country may still be mired in an "economic trough" six to nine months down the road, but the good news is that one quarter to one third of the provider community recognizes the need to invest in healthcare IT, said Jeff Bauer, health futurist and medical economist for ACS.
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Leading French hospital gets HIS to support patient records

 Sam Collins July 01, 2009
Centre Hospitalier du Mans in France has selected Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS hospital and clinical information system to support the implementation of a full electronic patient record solution.
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CCHIT task force to focus on stimulus package requirements

 Diana Manos June 30, 2009
A special task force created by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology to provide guidance on the development of certification for long-term and post-acute care electronic health records has recommended "a strong focus" on the EHR technology requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Blumenthal: Meaningful use will make IT central to practicing medicine

 Chip Means June 30, 2009
Electronic technology will soon be considered as fundamental to medicine as the stethoscope, according to National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Blumenthal, MD.
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Report: New York poised to be healthcare IT hub

 Molly Merrill June 30, 2009
The city of New York is positioned to become the nation's capital of healthcare information technology, according a new report released by the Center for an Urban Future.
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First Lady announces $851M in grants for community health centers

 Molly Merrill June 30, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama announced the release of $851 million in grants to community health centers on Monday.
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Concerro acquires PortBlue's CommandAware disaster planning software

 Eric Wicklund June 30, 2009
Concerro, a San Diego-based developer of open-shift and workforce management software, is getting into the disaster-planning business.
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University of Houston team working on home patient monitoring technology

 Bernie Monegain June 29, 2009
A team of University of Houston researchers is designing an in-home health-monitoring system that will notify caregivers, via smartphones or PDAs, if their patients need attention.
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Texas radiologists' group implements free EMR interface

 Kyle Hardy June 29, 2009
The Austin Radiological Association, a provider of radiological services in central Texas, has implemented a free electronic health record interface, with the idea of providing constant, affordable access to clinical information.
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Survey highlights IT gap between general, psychiatric healthcare

 Molly Merrill June 29, 2009
Lack of financing has caused mental health and human services to lag far behind general healthcare in access to health information technology, according to a national survey of more than 400 organizations.
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