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Technology helps hospitals report superbugs'

 Bernie Monegain October 11, 2007
ATLANTA - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is relying on software from TheraDoc, as well as a tool of its own making, to gather daily reports on antimicrobial use an...
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Hope rides EHR wave

 Bernie Monegain October 04, 2007
NEW ORLEANS - It's not often the words "information technology" and "hope" are uttered in the same breath. But "hope" is the word Frank G. Opelka, MD, s...
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LookAhead

 Healthcare IT News Staff May 11, 2007
February 24 - 25: Spring CIO Forum, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, New Orleans 25 - 01: HIMSS07 Annual Conf...
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On the Move

 Healthcare IT News Staff May 11, 2007
Josh Crum has joined Digitech Computer as its marketing director. Prior to joining Digitech, he was marketing manager for Reed Exhibition in Norwalk, Conn. Steven Norton has joined M...
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E-learning software boosts health informatics

 Healthcare IT News Staff April 13, 2007
Contributed by Stephen L. Priest, faculty member at Saint Joseph's College of Maine and Twila Weiszbrod, assistant professor and assistant program director at St Joseph's College of Maine....
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One platform, multiple accounts

 Patty Enrado April 13, 2007
MINNEAPOLIS - Lighthouse1 and HealthcareBank have partnered to provide an integrated health savings account to third-party administrators. W...
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Health plans automate patient data management

 Patty Enrado April 13, 2007
WASHINGTON - Rhode Island and Vermont recently adopted the credentialing application from the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare as the standard for collecting all healthcare provider cre...
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Payers News Briefs

 Healthcare IT News Staff April 13, 2007
Humana boosts its information management Healthcare benefit company Humana, based in Louisville, Ky., will implement software from Verdasys Digital Guardian throughout its operati...
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AHIP Briefs

 Healthcare IT News Staff April 13, 2007
IncentOne gains ground in motivation work IncentOne clients were featured recently in a CBS News Report about promoting healthy behavior, such as exercise. IncentOne technology...
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Independence expands e-prescribing initiative

 Jack Beaudoin April 13, 2007
PHILADELPHIA - Independence Blue Cross has decided to expand its e-prescribing pilot project, adding another 350 physicians to the year-old program. "Since our e-prescr...
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Horizon sets sights on whole view' of patients

 Patty Enrado April 13, 2007
NEWARK, NJ - Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey members have a new program to manage certain chronic medical conditions through a partnership between the health plan and Health Integra...
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CALRHIO phase 2

 Healthcare IT News Staff April 13, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Regional Health Information Organization, known as CalRHIO, launched the second phase of a $1 million grant from the Blue Shield of California Foundation....
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Medicaid transformation' grants translate mostly to IT

 Bernie Monegain April 13, 2007
WASHINGTON - Most states who received a piece of the $103 million in federal backing for Medicaid projects wi ll spend the money on healthcare IT to help improve their programs....
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New Haven lands grant to link healthcare data

 Patty Enrado April 13, 2007
NEW HAVEN, CT - New Haven has received a $3 million grant from Misys Healthcare Systems to help the city create a community-wide electronic health record network. Th...
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Industry Webbriefs

 Healthcare IT News Staff April 13, 2007
When HIMSS comes marching in...; In spite of a recent spike in crime, New Orleans officials and convention center executives describe the city as safer than ever. Executive...
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GAO scolds HHS on privacy issues

 Diana Manos April 13, 2007
WASHINGTON - The Government Accountability Office warned in a report released last month that the Department of Health and Human Services may need a better plan to integrate it...
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Governors begin work on healthcare data exchange

 Bernie Monegain April 13, 2007
ARLINGTON, VA - Robert M. Kolodner, MD, the nation's interim healthcare IT chief, has told governors from across the country that they will play a critical role in...
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Tech upgrade key to Froedtert remodel

 Healthcare IT News Staff April 13, 2007
WAUWATOSA, WI - Along with more than 10,000 square feet and 11 to 12 new patient rooms, the expansion of the emergency department at Froedtert Hospital here will bring on new patient tracking, t...
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Psychiatric center reaps IT benefits

 Bernie Monegain April 13, 2007
HOUSTON - The University of Texas-Harris County Psychiatric Center, is reaping the benefits - and savings - of automating its medical records. The gains are c...
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Hospitals and IDNS Newsbriefs

 Healthcare IT News Staff April 13, 2007
New Orleans hospital tackles bad debt Touro Infirmary, a not-for-profit, faith-based hospital in New Orleans, has a plan - and technology - to impr...
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