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By Molly Merrill | 12:59 pm | December 30, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday improvements to its Physician Directory tool with the launch of the first phase of its Physician Compare website, which provides consumers with more information about providers including data about quality of care.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:57 am | December 30, 2010
Document corrects typographical and technical errors identified in the meaningful use final rule published in July.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:29 am | December 30, 2010
McKesson Corp., a healthcare services and information technology company, has completed its acquisition of US Oncology, a company that serves one of the nation's largest networks of community-based oncologists.
By Molly Merrill | 11:21 am | December 30, 2010
More than 200 million mHealth applications are in use today, and that number is expected to increase threefold by 2012, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:50 am | December 30, 2010
Neurological Services of Orlando is poised to roll out a Web-based neurology-specific electronic health record system developed by Waiting Room Solutions (WRS) based in Goshen, N.Y.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:36 am | December 30, 2010
Puget Sound Blood Center is increasing patient safety and hospital efficiency with a new blood-distribution process and a telehealth technology developed by ConnectMD.
By Diana Manos | 05:34 pm | December 29, 2010
A Mount Sinai Medical Center surgeon has announced the successful completion of a series of robotic prostate cancer treatment surgeries.
By Eric Wicklund | 12:15 pm | December 29, 2010
A two-hospital health system in Ohio has come up with a unique way to pay for its new electronic medical record system: Selling the leasing rights to its non-hospital properties.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:44 am | December 29, 2010
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has named electronic prescribing network provider Surescripts as an organization that can test and approve certain electronic health records modules, bringing to a total of six the groups authorized under ONC's temporary certification program.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:27 am | December 29, 2010
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prepares to upgrade its computer systems and begins to award incentive payments to eligible meaningful users of electronic health records, the Office of the Inspector General is positioning itself for its monitoring responsibilities.