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By Mike Miliard | 11:32 am | June 14, 2010
A recent study out of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston has shown that using bar code technology, in conjunction with electronic medication administration record (eMAR), substantially reduces transcription and medication administration errors as well as related potential drug-related adverse events.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:19 am | June 14, 2010
A healthcare price-comparison startup started by the founder of RelayHealth and the co-founder of athenahealth has raised $60 milllion in funding, including an investment from the Cleveland Clinic.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:33 am | June 14, 2010
Catholic Health Initiatives, a Denver-based healthcare system, will hire more than 200 high-tech workers to help roll out its new clinical system across the country.
By Nancy Ferris | 12:34 pm | June 11, 2010
HHS forms 'tiger team' to tackle how to protect privacy of health records across multiple network hand-offs.
By Kyle Hardy | 11:37 am | June 11, 2010
Massachusetts General Hospital, a 900-bed care center located in the heart of Boston, has been using a new delivery service that has helped solve one piece of meaningful use.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:47 am | June 11, 2010
Healthcare reform might seem tough, but it is necessary to repair a misaligned healthcare system, former president Bill Clinton told the nation's health insurance industry leaders Thursday. Other speakers also took up that refrain and noted that the use of information technology is part of reform.
By Molly Merrill | 10:43 am | June 11, 2010
Investment in healthcare IT is one priority of the $20 million in funding that was awarded to 39 hospitals and community health centers in Massachusetts.
By Chip Means | 10:39 am | June 11, 2010
Chicago-based Allscripts, a perpetual newsmaker in healthcare IT, made a splash once again when it announced a merger with Eclipsys on June 9. This timeline recounts some of the EHR vendor's other memorable headlines over the past five years.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:19 am | June 11, 2010
Healthcare providers and payers face complex challenges when trying to maximize the value of their clinical data, but their expectations for clinical analytics vary significantly, according to a new study.
By Mike Miliard | 09:10 am | June 11, 2010
Merge Healthcare has announced the launch of a complete workflow solution for imaging in clinical trials.