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By Molly Merrill | 11:22 am | November 15, 2010
The healthcare sector is among the top three industries seeing the heaviest adoption of the iPad for business use, according to data from Good Technology, a Redwood City-based provider of multiplatform enterprise mobility.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:18 am | November 15, 2010
Laptop theft is the most prevalent cause of the breach of health information affecting more than 500 people, according to the Health & Human Services Department, which last year began tracking data breaches by public and private healthcare organizations.
By Jamie Thompson | 11:12 am | November 15, 2010
InfoMedics, Inc. has announced that it has launched its patient-physician communications platform in Mexico, Chile, Portugal and Spain - with plans to offer the technology in Venezuela, Belgium, Ireland, Denmark and more next year.
By Mary Mosquera | 06:08 pm | November 12, 2010
HHS says most breaches of sensitive health data involve laptop theft and value of stolen medical ID numbers is rising.
By Mary Mosquera | 05:31 pm | November 12, 2010
DSS will deploy its VistA mental health module to all 153 hospitals after testing it at 50 medical centers.
By Mike Miliard | 12:01 pm | November 12, 2010
A new report from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) offers recommendations for reducing or eliminating "tensions" between healthcare IT vendors and their customers – specifically with regard to indemnity and error management.

By Eric Wicklund | 11:51 am | November 12, 2010
VHA, Inc., is putting its nationwide comparative database to work to help hospitals cut millions of dollars in wasted expenses from their high-cost cardiology, orthopedics and spine service line procedures through a new "Door-to-Discharge" program.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:26 am | November 12, 2010
With the goal of bringing data, documents and guidelines on meeting and exceeding meaningful use into one location, HIMSS has made available a new CPOE Wiki.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:31 am | November 12, 2010
Healthcare providers tend to lean toward vendors they know when looking for help with their RAC audits, according to a new report from research firm KLAS. Vendors with strong revenue cycle, health information management or case management install bases are leveraging their previous business relationships with customers to win RAC solution contracts.
By Chip Means | 10:03 am | November 12, 2010
West Hertfordshire NHS Trust hopes its latest IT upgrade will allow staff to view aggregate patient data in a single portal.