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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services provides 90 percent match to help states administer incentive payments to Medicaid providers.
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a nonprofit standards development organization and accrediting body, launched its Management Service Organization Accreditation Program (MSOAP) on Tuesday.
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) says it recognizes that electronic health records could be used by doctors both to improve patient outcomes and assess ongoing clinical competence for purposes of medical licensure.
Saint Luke's Health System (SLHS) in Kansas City, Mo., is boosting its care coordination through an automated ordering process that links its ambulatory physicians with hospital and freestanding reference laboratories, imaging centers and patients.
Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, is in the process of what officials are calling a "big bang" implementation in overhauling their current IT system.
Donald Berwick, MD, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), urged health plans Monday to join with the government and other stakeholders in helping to overhaul the American healthcare system.
Health information management expert Fatima Rahman has teamed up with the Fontana Lewis Library in Fontana, Calif., to offer a free 10-week course in informatics.
Grants will focus on enabling care coordination for patients with complex and chronic conditions.
Veterans Affairs is adding more complex health records that can be retrieved with the click of a button, says top tech officer.
A recent survey of hospitals and other healthcare providers designed to understand the capacity and use of telestroke care in the Northwestern United States found 88 percent of respondents believe their rural communities suffer from a lack of stroke neurologists.