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MedVirginia enables federal health agencies to access private clinical records of veterans and service members as part of VLER.
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.
Two recent data breaches involving personal health information on portable storage devices highlight the need for healthcare organizations to make the New Year's resolution to tighten up security.
Leaders of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, in Newport Beach, California, announced Wednesday that the hospital has connected 250 providers to its health information exchange (HIE) five months after beginning rollout.
InfoLogix, Inc., a provider of enterprise mobility and wireless asset tracking solutions for the healthcare industry, announced Thursday that it will be acquired by Stanley Black & Decker for approximately $61.2 million.
Information technology research and advisory company Gartner, Inc. has released its second annual Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25, which identifies organizations striving for supply chain excellence and better patient care.
KLAS on Wednesday announced its annual "2010 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services," ranking the best-performing software and professional service vendors across a wide range of market segments.
Regional extension centers ramp up physician enrollments to help them adopt EHRs and make them meaningful users of health IT.
CHRISTUS Health, a Catholic not-for-profit health system, has announced plans to roll out Medicity's full technology suite to drive health information exchange infrastructure development across Texas, Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Georgia, Utah and New Mexico.
Six healthcare systems have announced a first-of-its-kind partnership that will see them joining the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice to share data on outcomes, quality and costs across a range of common and expensive conditions and treatments.