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July 11, 2011
The nation's "Most Wired" hospitals are making progress towards greater health information technology adoption, especially in terms of computerized physician order entry, according to Hospitals & Health Networks' 2011 Most Wired Survey results.
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July 19, 2011
U.S. News & World Report has released its list of 118 hospitals that are leaders when it comes to using electronic medical records and providing quality care.
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January 13, 2010
Sharp HealthCare's William A. Spooner credited his IT team Wednesday with helping him win CIO of the Year honors.
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October 23, 2009
Siemens Healthcare has signed a seven-year, $135 million contract with the University of Pennsylvania Health System to provide integrated service management solutions.
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July 28, 2010
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced Wednesday that 51 primary care practice sites in the Hudson Valley have been recognized as Level 3 patient-centered medical homes - the highest level achievable.
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September 21, 2012
In August, more than 15,000 jobs were advertised online for healthcare professionals that have experience with electronic medical records in the United States, and the market is growing 31 percent year-over-year, according to market researcher WANTED Analytics.
April 17, 2009
Sentillion has unveiled Tap2, a patent-pending, advanced authentication capability designed to give healthcare providers instant access to their primary clinical application with the tap of a passive proximity badge.
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January 13, 2012
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has announced the first six provider-based accountable care organizations (ACOs) to seek accreditation from the ACO Accreditation program launched by NCQA in November.
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January 15, 2010
Patient Portal Technologies has been awarded a contract extension from Crozer-Chester Medical Center to provide its Total Satisfaction Service Program.
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August 20, 2009
InterSystems, based in Cambridge, Mass., has announced a number of additions to its CACHE high-performance object database, designed to provide enhanced reporting, Web services security and system management and monitoring.
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September 23, 2010
A recent survey finds physicians are not well-informed about financial penalties for complying with meaningful use - and that they may have little effect on the decision to implement an EMR.
December 22, 2009
IBM’s financing arm has announced partnerships with four healthcare IT vendors in an effort to push electronic health records to providers ahead of the government’s incentive program.
August 24, 2012
All together now, dear readers – repeat after me: Rock Health. Blueprint Health. Health Box. Have I missed any? Healthcare start up/incubator/accelerator programs – call them what you will – are popping up everywhere these days.
February 06, 2009
The IntelliDOT Corporation has announced that its IntelliDOT Bedside Medication Administration is now being used in 55 U.S. hospitals, following the Jan. 20 go-live at Hiawatha Community Hospital in Hiawatha, Kan.
December 09, 2009
Nearly $600 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding has been earmarked for community health center construction and renovation projects and to help networks of health centers adopt electronic healthcare records and other health IT systems.
December 09, 2009
Nearly $600 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding has been earmarked for community health center construction and renovation projects and to help networks of health centers adopt electronic healthcare records and other health IT systems.
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February 17, 2012
Managing populations – whether an aggregation of patients or a physical community – is a burgeoning field in healthcare as a way to improve care while containing costs. Many of the IT initiatives currently underway are related to population health in one way or another: electronic health records, meaningful use, interoperability, accountable care organizations, disease state management, pay-for-performance and patient-centered medical home all have elements that relate to managing patients in groups.
December 04, 2009
McKesson, based in Atlanta, has unveiled version 12.1 of its Horizon Cardiology cardiovascular information system (CVIS).
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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October 02, 2009
Fujitsu Frontech North America has announced that Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler, Mont., is using the Fujitsu PalmSecure palm vein authentication solution for its time and attendance system.
