Senators to combine healthcare IT legislationSens. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) will combine two competing healt...
As Northwest Hospital & Medical Center braces itself for the major push involved in rolling out its new clinical automation system this month, Chief Technology Officer Ken Burton is relieved to have o...
Four high-profile Senate leaders will combine two competing healthcare information technology bills in a move to bolster the chances of passing healthcare IT legislation. Senators plan to resolve diff...
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) today introduced bipartisan legislation designed to create a healthcare information technology system where data can be...
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) plan to introduce bipartisan healthcare information technology legislation. The bill aims to harmonize disparate he...
The HIPAA security rule deadline has come and gone and yet by all accounts, unsecured outbound e-mails from hospitals are not only stubbornly prevalent, they are universal.It is o...
Efforts are continuing to roll out a large telehealth initiative through the Veterans Health Administration.The VA is in the process of putting telemedicine devices in the homes...
To the editor:I am still puzzled as to how outsourcing firms can say they are HIPAA compliant! The fact that they encrypt their reports and say they store them properly does no...
"How do I get paid?" is a question doctors around the country have posed again and again, year after year.There are various ways to automate the reimbursement cycle. However, un...
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) plans to reintroduce a bill she sponsored last year that was designed to use information technology to improve the healthcare system, a spokeswoman for Clinton sai...
networking initiatives form and take shape, a growing number of statewide initiatives are under consideration.As of early 2005, at least 15 states have some form of electronic h...
Six area health insurers and provider organizations have signed letters of intent to support development of the first nationwide healthcare transaction processing network.Buffalo Medical Group, Cathol...
Eastman Kodak Company has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for the DIN-PACS II contract under which the DOD, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, federal civilian agencies and the...
"A beautiful example of pure patient safety." That's how one doctor described the industry's response to last week'sunexpected blockbuster recall of Merck's popular inflamm...
A computer-aided detection (CAD) system can significantly increase the rate of breast cancer detection, according to a study published in the August issue of the journal Radiology....
With three of the most influential politicians in the United States calling for improvements to the nation's healthcare IT infrastructure in January, industry insiders believe the time for an electron...
NASHVILLE, TN - A university-based research organization and a large consulting firm are collaborating on an effort to find ways to use healthcare information technology more effectively....
Healthcare organizations may want to implement computerized provider order entry, but many know the process may take years before any benefits are seen. In the meantime, providers may be looking for a...
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., March 16 /U.S. Newswire/ — Viterion TeleHealthcare LLC, a Bayer —Panasonic Company, is demonstrating their telehealth technology to members of Congress on Capito...
