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Alliance Health Networks, which develops social health networks to unite individuals in online communities centered around diseases and conditions, has announced that Leavitt Partners - founded by former Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt - will help it expand its presence in the U.S. healthcare industry and beyond.
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded nearly $49 million to help 48 states and the District of Columbia plan for health insurance exchanges, including assessing existing information technology systems and infrastructure.
APP Design, a software development firm specializing in the design, development and integration of healthcare systems, announced that it has been selected to design and develop a real-time patient consent interface for WNYHealtheNet through its RHIOnet product.
Institute of Medicine will examine prevention of health IT-related errors for the Office of the National Coordinator.
States improving the speed and quality of national reporting of clinical encounter level data, according to federal health official.
Memphis-area heath information exchange leader ponders cause of flat growth: uncertainty or peaked too early?
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is launching a one-year study aimed at ensuring the efficacy of information technology in improving healthcare safety.
HHS will distribute Kaiser software that translates clinical vernacular into standard data that can be shared among physicians and organizations.
A recent study conducted by the Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners HealthCare, revealed that daily text messages providing medication reminders and information about atopic dermatitis (a type of eczema) significantly improved treatment adherence, self-care behaviors, skin severity and quality of life for dermatology patients.
Health IT leaders are slated to testify before a congressional committee Thursday regarding interoperability and security standards for electronic health records.