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In a move that will broaden its identity verification offerings, Equifax, the credit reporting and business information company, announced Monday that it has acquired Anakam, a maker of large-scale, software-based, multi-factor authentication solutions for hospitals, HIEs and e-prescribing, among others.
The Joseph H. Kanter Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation of a National Health Outcomes Data Sharing Network, has launched a contest designed to solicit ideas for creating a collaborative activist network that would advocate the sharing of healthcare information.
A UCLA-led consortium of five University of California medical schools and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has received a $9.9 million grant from HHS's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to investigate the use of wireless and telephone care management to reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients.
Coast Guard will replace DOD system with system to integrate medical, dental, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology and patient portal modules.
Certification organizations clear 36 EHR products between them to help providers meet meaningful use requirements for 2011.
A web-based tool that extracts information from the electronic medical record is helping physicians provide better care for patients with diabetes and heart disease, according to a new Kaiser study. A separate study showed the technology, called Panel Support Tool, also helped doctors provide better preventive care.
A Web-based tool that extracts information from the electronic medical record is helping physicians provide better care for patients with diabetes and heart disease, according to a new Kaiser study. A separate study showed the technology, called Panel Support Tool, also helped doctors provide better preventive care.
Early findings from a pilot study of telemedicine-based care indicate that the technology could be used to improve geriatric depression, according to a presentation at the National Association of Home Care and Hospice 29th Annual Meeting & Exposition.
Although health ICT investments in Italy are expected to have increased by 17 percent this year, most hospital directors remain skeptical as to whether IT investments are sustainable, according to Tommaso Piazza, Chief Information Officer of ISMETT, speaking at the HIMSS Europe Health IT Leadership Summit in Rome.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has selected Accenture as one of four contractors to vie for task orders under its Information Technology Support Services Contract (ITSSC), which will be used to acquire a wide range of IT systems development and modernization services.