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The Mass. eHealth Institute offers local physicians assistance with EHR education, selection, deployment and financing.
Fueled by efforts to reduce acute and long-term care costs, the U.S. patient monitoring market is expected to reach almost $4 billion by 2017, according to a new report by iDataResearch, a global research and consulting firm.
Ten U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems have partnered with the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare to end potentially deadly breakdowns in communication that occur during the hand-off of patients from one caregiver to another. Among their recommendations: Identify new and existing technologies to 'hardwire' into the system.
Aided by its electronic health record system, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia has the highest breast cancer-screening rate for eligible women ages 42 to 69 among the health plans reporting to the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA).
Two European organizations say healthcare IT is critical in the fight against chronic disease. The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry and Association Internationale de la Mutualite have announced a partnership to improve chronic disease management.
Greenway Medical Technologies, a developer of electronic health record technology for physician practices, has acquired imaging technology and certain other assets from VisualMED, an imaging conversion and communications firm. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Software integration firm will help add new services to federally funded health info exchange gateway.
Vangent, Inc., a provider of information management and strategic business process technology, has been awarded a $15.6 million contract by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology.
The online health-information environment is going mobile, particularly among younger adults, according to a new report by Pew Internet & American Life Project.
The federal government is already at work on second and third stages of meaningful use requirements, according to David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health information technology.