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Slow beginnings can pay off quickly

 Jeff Rowe November 25, 2009
Given the relatively limited time between now and the 2011 launch date for the HITECH incentives program, the idea of a pilot project may seem somewhat unrealistic for healthcare providers hoping to be at least partially reimbursed for their upcoming HIT investments.
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Vendor Notebook - GE Healthcare launches business unit for health information exchange

 Eric Wicklund October 30, 2009
GE Healthcare has announced the launch of eHealth, part of the company’s Healthymagination initiative.
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All Ontario hospitals on board with digital imaging network

 Molly Merrill July 16, 2009
All 148 hospitals in Ontario are now able to share diagnostic images electronically, thanks to the Canadian province's digital imaging network.
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Scandal in Canada

Neil Versel June 09, 2009
A juicy scandal is brewing north of the border, as one-time whiz kid Sarah Kramer has been fired as CEO of eHealth Ontario, a provincial agency that is leading an effort to bring EHRs to everyone in the province of Ontario by 2015.
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Vendor Notebook - Meta Health delivers patient chart software to Pakistan

 Eric Wicklund May 21, 2009
Meta Health Technology, a New York-based developer of health information management solutions, has announced that Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, has licensed the company's patient chart abstracting software - the company's first contract in Asia.
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Ontario hospitals refuse to be identified in report card

 Molly Merrill March 12, 2009
Most hospitals in Ontario, Canada refuse to be identified in a report measuring the quality and safety of hospital care, according to an independent research and educational organization.
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Disease management project to help Canadian docs monitor patients

 Molly Merrill January 30, 2009
Two vendors have joined forces to develop technology and services aimed at helping Canadian physicians provide chronic disease management programs to their patients.
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New tech could change hospital design

 Molly Merrill December 30, 2008
Neuroscientist Eve Edelstein, senior vice president of research and design at HMC Architects of Ontario, Calif., and a visiting scholar in the biological sciences at University of California-San Diego, is using neuroscience and architecture to explore the effects of hospital design on patients, visitors and staff.
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Canadian health leaders discuss role of HIT in cancer care

 Molly Merrill November 21, 2008
Health System leaders met Thursday at Cancer Care Ontario's Cancer 2.0 conference to discuss how information technology is changing cancer control and the delivery of cancer services in the Canadian p...
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Vendor Notebook - InnerWireless to resell AeroScout's UAV solutions

 Eric Wicklund November 21, 2008
InnerWireless, Inc. of Richardson, Texas, has announced a strategic partnership with AeroScout, Inc. of Redwood City, Calif., making InnerWireless a gold-level, value-added reseller of AeroScout's uni...
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Vendor Notebook - Zix Corp., Aetna to cover e-prescribing in New Jersey

 Eric Wicklund October 23, 2008
The Zix Corporation, a Dallas-based developer of hosted services for e-mail encryption and e-prescribing, has signed a three-year contract with Aetna, base din Hartford, Conn., that covers e-prescribi...
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Ontario hospital to help develop IT for infection control

 Molly Merrill October 23, 2008
The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, a 300-bed community hospital serving the Ontario communities of Chatham-Kent, South Lambton and Walpole Island, will participate in a beta program to improve infectio...
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Vendor Notebook - MicroMD PM to come to 23 Henry Schein locations

 Eric Wicklund September 25, 2008
Henry Schein Medical Systems, a Boardman, Ohio-based provider of practice management (PM) and electronic medical records (EMR) systems, has announced that Advanced Medical Management of Baltimo...
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Ontario Local Health Integration Network uses IT to boost hospital planning

 Molly Merrill September 25, 2008
Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), one of 14 LHINS established by Canada's provincial government of Ontario to plan, fund and monitor healthcare services at the local level, w...
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Vendor Notebook - Picis signs six North American deals

 Eric Wicklund August 14, 2008
Picis, Inc. of Wakefield, Mass. has signed agreements with six American and Canadian health systems to replace their existing operating room and anesthesia information systems with Picis systems. The...
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Vendor Notebook - iMedica EHR gets CCHIT certification

 Eric Wicklund July 24, 2008
iMedica has announced that the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) has certified iMedica PRM 2008 version 8.1 as meeting the commission's criteria for 2007 ambulator...
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Vendor Notebook - e-MDs launches community HIE

 Eric Wicklund July 10, 2008
e-MDs, an Austin, Texas-based developer of electronic health records, has announced that Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton, Ark. has successfully established a community health information exchange t...
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Vendor Notebook: Picis announces European launch

 Eric Wicklund May 15, 2008
Picis, based in Wakefield, Mass., has announced the European launch of the Picis Total Perioperative Automation suite of products. In addition, the company has announced that Exempla Lutheran M...
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Largest EMR contract in Canadian history

 Richard Pizzi February 18, 2008
Sixty physicians at multiple locations near the city of Barrie, Ontario will upgrade to an electronic medical record and practice management system next month in what is being billed as the largest EM...
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Pharmacists tap EMR to improve access to patient healthcare data

 Richard Pizzi February 14, 2008
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO - Pharmacists in this small Canadian city leapt ahead of their colleagues this winter, becoming the first pharmacists in the country to access patient health informatio...
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