Newt Gingrich's Washington-based advocacy on behalf of a broad array of healthcare interests has been far more extensive than the Republican presidential candidate has acknowledged, a review by the Center for Public Integrity has found.
In late 2011, Siemens became the latest in a long procession of healthcare behemoths to scoop up a health information exchange vendor, with its acquisition of Yardley, Pa.-based MobileMD.
Siemens Healthcare and Social Media Today have announced a collaborative agreement, whereby Siemens will provide exclusive sponsorship of the Healthworks Collective, an editorially independent, moderated community for thought leaders in international healthcare.
Though PACS replacements have slowed overall, a new KLAS report, "PACS 2011: A Victim of Its Own Success," indicates that a new wave of replacements is near. Nearly one in six hospitals and health systems with more than 1,000 beds reported they have plans to replace their PACS.
Oncology presentations and exhibits are always a major focus of the RSNA annual meeting. This year is no exception. Count on GE Healthcare to devote a piece of its city-block-sized booth to its new $1 billion Healthymagination initiative to the fight against breast cancer.
On Nov. 8, the EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup, an organization of states and vendors focused on eliminating the barriers to sharing EHRs issued a set of technical specifications to standardize connections between healthcare providers, health information exchanges (HIEs) and other data-sharing partners.
Siemens Healthcare announced Friday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yardley, Pa.-based MobileMD, Inc., a provider of health information exchange technology.
Siemens Healthcare announced Monday a new commitment to delivering its Soarian technology to small community and rural hospitals, helping them improve outcomes and position themselves to achieve meaningful use.
Providers, including imaging centers and hospitals, have started replacing their separate PET and CT devices with PET/CTs, according to new research from KLAS.
Beacon Partners, a healthcare management consulting firm, has acquired Healthcare Innovative Solutions, a Seville, Ohio-based consulting firm which offers customized products and services for clinical system implementations and workflow transformation to hospitals.
As tablets and smart phones evolve and make their way into hospitals, many health care executives are working to develop a successful mobile-integration strategy. St. Joseph, Mo.-based Heartland Regional Medical Center recently implemented Voalté’s iPhone solution, which leverages the hospital’s disparate systems onto a single communication platform.
Today, Siemens Healthcare applauds its first two health system customers to successfully attest and achieve Stage 1 Meaningful Use of an Electronic Health Record, as defined in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) EHR Incentive Program. MedCentral Health System, Mansfield, Ohio, and Riverside Health System, Newport News, Va., have completed a 90-day reporting period, met required CMS benchmarks for EHR adoption and have successfully submitted data to the CMS EHR Incentive Program Web Portal. No timetable has been provided for the receipt of initial 2011 incentive payments.
When it comes to enterprise scheduling technology, healthcare providers favor integration with their electronic health record system over best-of-breed systems that offer more functionality, a new report from research firm KLAS shows.
Remote patient monitoring, or telehealth, has taken huge strides forward, with demand for this technology on the rise - especially among home-care agencies, disease management companies and clinical trial groups, according to a new report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
The debut of HIMSS' mini-conference HIT X.0 drew hundreds of attendees to a keynote featuring Aneesh Chopra, U.S. technology czar, and John Glaser, CEO of the Health Services Business Unit at Siemens.
