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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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The HIT Deluge Part I: The Need and the Opportunity

 Glenn Laffel August 27, 2009
There was a time --not too long ago, in fact-- when it seemed safe and reasonable to define health information technology narrowly: the acronym encompassed the management of health information and its secure exchange between patients, providers, and insurers.
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Predictive modeling pans out

 Patty Enrado July 31, 2009
Since Geisinger Health Plan began predictive modeling for Health Navigator, its medical home program, nearly two years ago, the payer has seen a decrease in hospital admissions for its high-risk members in disease and case management.
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Siemens in integration agreement with Hospital Clinic, Barcelona

 Healthcare IT News Staff December 31, 2008
Siemens Healthcare has signed an agreement with Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, to integrate the use of laboratory diagnostics, imaging and information technology systems with the intent to impro...
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Philips iPill targets treatment for digestive tract diseases

 Healthcare IT News Staff November 17, 2008
At this week's opening of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition in Atlanta, Philips Research will announce its new intelligent pill technology "iPill...
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Philips iPill targets treatment for digestive tract diseases

Sam Collins November 17, 2008
At this week's opening of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition (Atlanta, USA, Nov. 16-20, 2008) Philips Research will announce its new intelligent pill technology "iPill", targeted at assisting drug development and enabling new therapies for debilitating and life-threatening digestive tract disorders such as Crohn's disease, colitis and colon cancer.
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Mich. docs use computerized reminders to boost colon cancer screening rates

 Richard Pizzi September 05, 2008
A computerized reminder system used in community-based primary care physicians' offices has increased colorectal cancer screening rates by an average of 9 percent, according to a new study from the Un...
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Online family health history tracker gets an update

 Caroline Broder November 15, 2005
The government today introduced an updated version of a Web-based family health history tool to encourage more Americans to collect information about their family's health history....
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