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Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust has put in an order for five touch-screen kiosks in an effort to cut wait times and free up reception and nursing staff at the Darent Valley Hospital.
The Web site would speed the registration and verification of health care workers who want to respond to disaster emergencies.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Breast Screening Service Unit has become the first unit to go live with a new breast screening solution. The deployment is expected to make the breast screening service the first in the southwest peninsula region to go fully digital.
Stanford Hospital & Clinics is embarking on a seven-year connected health technology initiative to improve patient care and operational efficiency. The goal is to continue to advance Stanford's patient care platform, which connects the hospital and outpatient clinics to create a near-paperless electronic medical record.
ONC-funded education programs to help reduce a shortfall of 50,000 skilled health IT workers needed in medical offices.
Carestream Health has bolstered itself with a broad new portfolio of conventional and digital X-ray technologies, thanks to its acquisition of Ronkonkoma, N.Y.-based Quantum Medical Imaging, a privately-held manufacturer of X-ray systems used by hospitals, imaging centers and health clinics.
A healthcare IT company focused on reducing costly "never events" in hospitals by keeping track of used surgical sponges has raised $5 million to continue and expand its work.
Mount Kisco Medical Group in New York, with 230 physicians representing 40 specialties and serving 250,000 patients a year, is about to give its digital ways a makeover.
The venture is part of UnitedHealth's 20-year, $200 million Health Care Investment Program, designed to help California hospitals access capital.
In a move that will add comprehensive government program patient eligibility and enrollment services to its existing revenue cycle management suite, Emdeon has announced it will acquire Atlanta-based Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates, which serves more than 200 acute care facilities in 30 states.