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The federal Health IT Policy Committee is backing a plan to build a federal database of business rules that states could use to help determine the eligibility for Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs.
New products entering the RIS market and vendors expanding their EMR and PACS client bases with integrated solutions suggest that radiology information systems are taking a renewed priority in purchasing decisions, a new report from research firm KLAS concludes.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awards contract for software applications to process Medicare Part B claims.
Health IT panel endorses recommendations for developing standards and common services to support health insurance exchange project.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced more than $32 million in funding on Monday aimed at boosting access to healthcare service in rural areas, including approximately $4 million for telehealth projects.
Hyderabad’s airport is a symbol of India’s economic success: organized, modern, efficient. The city is host to this year’s eIndia, the country’s largest ICT event – with a dedicated track on eHealth. The question is, what are the opportunities for eHealth in India? I am here to find out.
MEDS-ED Link, a project of the Northern Virginia Regional Health Information Organization (NoVaRHIO) done in conjunction with Inova Health System and GE Healthcare, launched on Monday. It provides emergency physicians access to patient medication histories.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded a $200 million contract to HP Enterprise Services for software applications related to Medicare Part B claims processing and the delivery of services to beneficiaries.
Yale School of Medicine is in the process of notifying approximately 1,000 individuals whose clinical health information was contained on a laptop computer that was recently stolen.
The federal Health IT Policy Committee has endorsed a set of recommendations on when healthcare providers must obtain consent before exchanging patient heath records electronically with other clinicians, testing labs or health information exchange (HIE) networks.