The government has released the names of the 15 communities across the country from Maine to Hawaii that will serve as models for the broad use of healthcare information technology under a $220 million program aimed at improving care and efficiency – and creating new jobs.
Critical access and rural hospitals will benefit from nearly $20 million in new technical support assistance to help them convert from paper-based medical records to certified electronic health record technology, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday.
Government grants like the $220 million awarded Tuesday to 15 Beacon Communities – models for the use of healthcare information technology – will create "tens of thousands" of new jobs in an up-and-coming sector, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The QuadraMed Corporation of Reston, Va., has launched the Quantum Coding Simulator, an ICD-10-compliant encoder training tool designed to help coders and students gain proficiency in using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS code sets ahead of the mandated Oct. 1, 2013 implementation date.
In a report that found states are showing the highest scores ever for health emergency preparedness, health IT is seen as a major indicator. Experts, however, caution that in order for states to close the gap on existing vulnerabilities an "ongoing investment to rebuild and modernize our public health system" is required.
Eighty-five community health center programs, located in 15 of the 17 Beacon Communities nationwide, were awarded $8.5 million on Monday to aid with the adoption of health IT to support long-term improvements in quality of care, health outcomes and cost efficiencies.
Massachusetts ranks first in the nation when it comes to the use of electronic prescribing, announced officials Tuesday at the Fifth Annual Safe-Rx Awards held on Capitol Hill. Nationwide the number of physicians using e-prescribing has grown to 200,000.
Symantec, based in Cupertino, Calif., has announced that AMN Healthcare, billed as the largest provider of medical staffing solutions in the country, has implemented Symantec Endpoint Protection and S...
Specialty physicians can better coordinate the care of patients with chronic diseases using electronic health records and providing e-consulations, according to results of a Kaiser Permanente project.
The government will invest $224 million to help at-risk families receive home visits from nurses and social workers to improve maternal and child health and child development. The home visiting programs are underpinned by information technology, especially data collection and analytics.
Today at the World Health Care Congress, American Well, the Boston-based maker of online care systems, announced the next step in its mission to better connect patients with doctors, irrespective of location.
Hawaii Island Beacon Community has awarded a $680,000 contract to North Hawaii Community Hospital to implement a health information exchange throughout the North Hawaii region.
Cardinal Health has signed a five-year exclusive distribution agreement with Patient Safety Technologies to co-market the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge System.
Starting Thursday, residents of the nation's 50th state were able to connect with their doctors online through the Hawaii Medical Service Association's new Online Care service. Available via the Internet or telephone and to all residents of the state regardless of membership with HMSA, the service offers 10-minute online sessions with a credentialed participating physician for a flat fee ranging from $10 to $45.
The Unisys Corp. of Blue Bell, Pa. has won two contracts from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare that could be worth $167.5 million over 10 years. The contracts call on Unisys to design, devel...
The 17 Beacon Communities, stretching from Maine to Hawaii, are celebrating their first anniversary. While much progress has been made, it is clear that this is "a journey of quality improvement that never ends," as one expert put it.
The American Diabetes Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are working with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in an effort to inform a nationwide program to increase the use of health information technology.
Merge Healthcare of West Allis, Wis. has launched a Managed Services initiative focused on the Merge OFF Site Disaster Recovery program, which provides HIPAA-compliant back-up of radiology imag...
