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The Singapore Ministry of Health has signed a contract with Accenture to implement the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system, a key enabler of Singapore’s vision toward a national, integrated health care system.
Google announced on Wednesday that it's no longer developing Google Wave, its Web application for real-time communication and collaboration, as a standalone product. It's unclear if this will impact whether the company continues to develop the idea of using the Google Wave Protocol to represent individuals' health records.
Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco, Texas, reports saving $2.8 million in one year using a performance improvement program. Knapp executives said the program, developed by the Premier health alliance, helped prevent 27 deaths, eliminate 1,304 days of care, prevent 98 readmission days and avoid complications in 28 cases.
The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) announced Wednesday the formation of the National Dialogue for Healthcare Innovation (NDHI), a forum in which leaders from private sector healthcare, government, academia and patient and consumer organizations will work together toward consensus on issues affecting healthcare innovation.
Six states and the District of Columbia are the latest to receive federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
In a new bill, multi-campus hospitals would receive incentive payments that reflect their higher costs of launching health IT systems.
Privacy and Security Tiger Team considers how to enable patients to express preferences in sharing sensitive data.
The health IT and services company has announced an agreement to purchase the Newtown Square, Pa.-based provider of medical necessity compliance and physician medical management solutions for hospitals.
A new bipartisan bill aims to ensure that multi-campus hospitals that employ and show meaningful use of health IT systems receive incentive payments that reflect the higher costs of implementation.
Surescripts announced a service on Tuesday that seeks to make it easier for consumers to access an electronic record of their prescriptions via Microsoft HealthVault.