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State of the Union speech omits mention of healthcare IT

 Diana Manos January 28, 2010
Healthcare IT has been highlighted over the past four years in State of the Union speeches, though President Barack Obama made no mention of it in his Wednesday night speech. Some stakeholders defend the Administration's support of health IT, while others question it.
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Vendor Notebook - Hospital signs on for more bedside education from Patient Portal

 Eric Wicklund January 15, 2010
Patient Portal Technologies has been awarded a contract extension from Crozer-Chester Medical Center to provide its Total Satisfaction Service Program.
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Vendor Notebook - McKesson releases new version of Horizon Cardiology

 Eric Wicklund December 04, 2009
McKesson, based in Atlanta, has unveiled version 12.1 of its Horizon Cardiology cardiovascular information system (CVIS).
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IT capabilities help Independence Blue Cross win contract

 Bernie Monegain December 03, 2009
Independence Blue Cross' healthcare information technology capabilities helped the company land a new health benefits contract with Lincoln Financial Group, IBC executives announced Thursday.
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Vendor Notebook - eClinicalWorks delivers EMR to physicians network

 Eric Wicklund November 13, 2009
eClinicalWorks has announced that the Catholic Independent Practice Association of Buffalo, N.Y., has selected the company's electronic medical record and practice management software for the Catholic Health System's network of ambulatory care offices as well as select community physicians.
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Vendor Notebook - API Healthcare announces new contracts for human capital management

 Eric Wicklund November 06, 2009
API Healthcare, a Hartford, Wis.-based provider of human capital management solutions for healthcare providers, has signed new contracts with seven healthcare organizations.
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Vendor Notebook - Siemens Healthcare to provide Penn with integrated service management

 Eric Wicklund October 23, 2009
Siemens Healthcare has signed a seven-year, $135 million contract with the University of Pennsylvania Health System to provide integrated service management solutions.
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Vendor Notebook - Bronx RHIO to deploy Axolotl's Elysium Exchange suite

 Eric Wicklund October 09, 2009
The Axolotl Corp. has announced that the Bronx Regional Health Information Organization (BronxRHIO) will deploy Axolotl's Elysium Exchange suite of solutions.
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IBC health plan expands clinical alerts

 Patty Enrado September 28, 2009
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) plans to increase the type and sophistication of clinical alerts that it has been delivering to its network physicians since April.
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Albert Einstein Healthcare implements eLearning modules

 Kyle Hardy September 22, 2009
The Albert Einstein Healthcare Network will begin implementing new eLearning software in preparation for a large-scale electronic medical record platform.
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Vendor Notebook: InnerWireless deploys wireless IT at Virginia Hospital Center

 Eric Wicklund August 14, 2009
InnerWireless, based in Richardson, Texas, has announced that the Virginia Hospital Center will deploy the company’s Horizon Converged Wireless across 1.1 million square feet in three buildings on its Arlington, Va. campus.
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Elsevier launches online tool to help nurses avoid 'never events'

 Diana Manos August 11, 2009
Elsevier has launched an online tool to help nurses prevent the 10 "never events" identified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Payer alerts to physicians aim to boost preventive care

 Bernie Monegain July 28, 2009
Independence Blue Cross is providing digital alerts to physicians and specialists through a new messaging tool called Clinical Alerts.
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America deploys 500 HP servers

 Bernie Monegain July 28, 2009
The Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a network of hospitals in Philadelphia, Tulsa, Okla., and suburban Chicago and Phoenix, has upgraded its technology infrastructure with servers designed to increase system performance, uptime and reliability.
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Intermountain, Geisinger share the spotlight in Obama talk

 Bernie Monegain June 12, 2009
President Barack Obama on Thursday turned the spotlight on healthcare IT leaders Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City and Geisinger Health in rural Philadelphia.
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University of Pennsylvania, Montgomery County Partner on integrated child welfare system

 Industry News Release May 21, 2009
The Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice and Research at the University of Pennsylvania has joined with Montgomery County, Pa., Stewards of Change, Microsoft Corp. and Motorola to pilot the Information Portability Project.
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Network identifies gaps in care

 Molly Merrill May 21, 2009
The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, a Philadelphia-based organization of Medicaid managed care plans, has implemented a new service in two of its health plans that will help physicians identify gaps in their patients’ care.
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Tele-nurses help with 911 calls as cities cope with tight budgets

 Patty Enrado May 20, 2009
The idea of talking to a nurse for a medical emergency when calling a 911 emergency system is not new. Indeed, the U.K. and Canada have very successful systems in place.
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New EMR from ClinicTools

 Industry News Release May 01, 2009
According to an earlier report by CNNMoney.com, "President Barack Obama, as part of the effort to revive the economy, has proposed a massive effort to modernize health care by making all health records standardized and electronic." The audacious plan, as reported by CNNMoney.com, indicates that although the plan "sounds good, but it won't be easy." Some of the hurdles, according to the report state that - only about 8% of the nation's 5,000 hospitals and 17% of its 800,000 physicians currently use the kind of common computerized record-keeping systems that Obama envisions for the whole nation. And some experts say that serious concerns about patient privacy must be addressed first.
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AmeriHealth helps doctors identify gaps in patient care

 Molly Merrill May 01, 2009
The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, a Philadelphia-based organization of Medicaid managed care plans, has implemented a new service in two of its health plans that will help physicians identify gaps in their patients' care.
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