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SunCrest Healthcare contracts with Philips for telehealth monitors

 Mike Miliard February 08, 2010
Philips Telehealth Solutions has been chosen to provide telehealth monitors to SunCrest Healthcare, a Madison, Tenn.-based provider of home health, companion care, and therapy.
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Canada launches fight against chronic disease

 Bernie Monegain February 08, 2010
More than 30 organizations from across Canada are forming partnerships in a $15.5 million series of initiatives aimed at preventing chronic disease – a challenge that the United States is also tackling. Electronic health records play a critical role in Canada's plan.
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UCI's new telemedicine training facility opens

 Molly Merrill February 08, 2010
Physicians at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine will begin moving into a new $40.5 million medical education building this week. The new building includes a telemedicine training center, which officials say will help prepare their doctors for healthcare in the digital age.
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Text messages used to reach expectant, new moms

 Molly Merrill February 05, 2010
A new program that sends free health information directly to expectant and new moms' mobile phones was launched Thursday at the Health IT Summit for Government Leaders in Washington, D.C.
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FCC to promote mobile health apps

Mary Mosquera February 05, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission wants to foster the use of wireless devices and applications in healthcare as part of a national broadband plan the agency expects to release next month, according to a senior FCC official.
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Blumenthal: EHRs will become 'an absolute requisite' for docs

 Diana Manos February 05, 2010
It may seem unlikely today, but within the next 10 years there will be widespread use of electronic health records across the country, the nation's health IT chief predicted Thursday.
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Vendor Notebook - Capsule releases low acuity application for device connectivity

 Mike Miliard February 05, 2010
Capsule has announced the release of its low acuity application, a key component of their Enterprise Device Connectivity Solution, enabled by the Capsule Neuron platform.
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RamSoft to beat language barrier, expand offerings

 Kyle Hardy February 04, 2010
RamSoft, Inc., a Toronto-based provider of IT solutions, has released a Spanish version of its PowerServer and Gateway products.
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Five healthcare IT decisions to avoid

 Chip Means February 04, 2010
Eager to capitalize on incentives offered through the federal government's definition of 'meaningful use' of healthcare IT, providers may find themselves evaluating their relationships with existing and new IT vendors.
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IBM acquires Initiate Systems, bolsters role in healthcare IT

 Mike Miliard February 04, 2010
IBM has announced its purchase of Initiate Systems, the Chicago master data management (MDM) company. The move signals a further foray into the MDM sphere for IBM. Executives say the acquisition will better establish IBM's offerings to the healthcare IT field.
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Spheris bankruptcy could spark bidding war, with MedQuist in the lead

 Eric Wicklund February 04, 2010
Wednesday’s bankruptcy filing by one of the nation’s largest medical transcription providers could touch off a bidding war for the company’s assets.
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Delaware system goes live with CPOE

 Bernie Monegain February 04, 2010
Christiana Care Health System executives see their recent launch of computerized provider order entry as a giant leap forward toward a comprehensive electronic health record.
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Thomson Reuters adds new tools to Micromedex support software

 Eric Wicklund February 03, 2010
Thomson Reuters is beefing up the support side of its decision support tool with the release of Micromedex 2.0.
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Healthvision deal gives Lawson a platform

 Eric Wicklund February 03, 2010
Lawson is adding integration to its applications, with the goal of moving its business intelligence solutions deeper into the healthcare landscape.
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Cisco launches telemedicine pilot

 Eric Wicklund February 03, 2010
Cisco moved closer to the launch of a telemedicine platform with its January announcement of a pilot project involving 15 sites in southern California.
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Pennsylvania system puts ‘meaningful use’ at forefront

 Kyle Hardy February 03, 2010
Butler Health System in Butler, Pa., has deployed a new patient portal to help its more than 200 affiliated physicians achieve “meaningful use.”
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Experts divided on EHR expectations

 Molly Merrill February 03, 2010
A gap exists between policymakers' expectations that electronic medical records can improve coordination of patient care and clinicians' real-world experiences with EHRs, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
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Clinic uses EMR to boost care for HIV patients

 Kyle Hardy February 03, 2010
The Owen Clinic, located at the University of California in San Diego, is using a new customizable electronic medical record to meet the specific needs of its HIV patients.
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Insurer provides docs with IT for medical home pilot

 Eric Wicklund February 03, 2010
Physicians taking part in a two-year medical home pilot program will soon have access to new technology designed to help them identify patient care opportunities.
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Maryland ironing out claims kinks

 Patty Enrado February 03, 2010
Four months after the switch to a new benefits administrator caused a massive claims backlog, the situation for Maryland mental health providers appears to be on the upswing. Even so, more repairs have to be made to the system before things can return to normal, state officials say.
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