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The Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) and the New York City Health Department's Primary Care Information Project have partnered to develop a program to recognize physicians who deliver high-value primary care to adult patients in New York City.
In a project focused on improving evidence-based care by advancing natural language processing technologies, Nuance Communications, the maker of speech-recognition software, has announced a new collaboration with IBM.
The Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) has gone live with data exchange statewide. CRISP officials call it a "major step" toward the delivery of critical health information to the right place at the right time.
In its first report on specialty ambulatory electronic medical record systems, research firm KLAS digs into vendor performance by practice specialty.
At first glance, today's healthcare IT titles seem like a game of Scrabble gone haywire: CIO, CMO, CMIO. At a panel discussion at HIMSS Summit of the Southeast in Nashville, professionals representing all three job descriptions discussed the changing landscape.
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Army Medical Department's healthcare construction projects, including the modernization of the Army's current medical facilities and the transition to newly constructed facilities.
Information technology professionals in the United States can expect starting salaries to increase an average of 3.4 percent in 2011, according to the Robert Half Technology Salary Guide 2011.
Vocera Communications, which makes point-of-care communication solutions for hospitals, announced two new acquisitions on Tuesday: Clinical Health Communications and Integrated Voice Solutions.
Online health community PatientsLikeMe is using a data mining incident that occurred on its patient forum to highlight "transparency, openness and privacy," said the company's president.
CCHIT chair Karen Bell says the EHR certification process required for meaningful use is moving steadily in the right direction. "It's a little bit like the Wild West because things are changing so rapidly," she said. "But we're clearly making progress."