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During the 2010 World Cup, currently being held in South Africa, spectators can get help addressing unexpected healthcare needs by downloading iTriage, a free app for smartphones.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has announced the formation of HIMSS Analytics Europe (HAE), a German-based company that will provide healthcare organizations, governments and information technology companies extensive data resources and services about the adoption and use of healthcare information technology in Europe.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has launched the official Web site for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs.
CIGNA and CareCentrix have partnered for a pilot program that aims to curtail the growing number of hospital readmissions, providing specialized home nursing services after patient discharge.
Health office clarifies conditions under which patient substance abuse records can be exchanged electronically.
SearchAmerica, a Minneapolis-based provider of financial clearing services for healthcare providers, has launched Collection Performance Advisor, an analytics-driven software platform that not only guides each account to the appropriate collection team or agency, but also monitors the performance of all collection resources and analyzes the hospital-wide results.
Starting an accountable care organization, or ACO, doesn't take full-blown electronic health records, nor does it require a lot of initial capital, according to some experts.
As part of the National Health IT Week, held June 14-18 in Washington, DC, leaders of the the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) urged Congress to make haste on meaningful use, without losing sight of what can be realistically achieved by the industry.
Electronic health records certified under a new temporary certification program outlined by the government are expected to be on the market by fall, the nation's health IT chief said Friday.
The Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has announced a media briefing for June 18 on the final rule for a temporary certification program for electronic health record technology. The final rule will be published in the Federal Register today.