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By Mary Mosquera | 08:57 pm | May 17, 2010
Center responds to health reform requirement to test innovative Medicare and Medicaid payment and delivery systems.
By Mary Mosquera | 08:51 pm | May 17, 2010
CMS awards firm $34M contract for system to process payments to providers under the health IT incentive plan.
By Molly Merrill | 04:55 pm | May 17, 2010
"ePediatrics" could become more common, as parents are requesting more electronic communication with their children's doctor, according to a new poll.
By Molly Merrill | 12:00 pm | May 17, 2010
A former contract security guard at the Carrell Clinic in Dallas has pleaded guilty to hacking hospital computers containing confidential patient information.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:26 am | May 17, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has tapped Northrop Grumman to develop a national repository for tracking incentive payments to healthcare providers that CMS will pay for meaningful use of electronic health records starting in 2011.
By Mary Mosquera | 10:07 am | May 17, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services will conduct two surveys to find out more about patient perceptions and preferences for the use of healthcare information technology.
By Eric Wicklund | 08:50 am | May 17, 2010
The American Telemedicine Association's 15th Annual Meeting and Exposition kicked off Sunday with an expansive attitude, as ATA officials welcomed more than 3,000 registrants representing at least 35 countries to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.
By Eric Wicklund | 07:52 am | May 17, 2010
Approximately one-third of all falls taken by seniors require medical treatment, and 10 percent eventually lead to death. Those statistics are spurring Robert Miller to develop a "smart shoe" that would help healthcare providers detect problems with balance and walking and alert seniors before they fall.
By GHIT Staff | 06:57 pm | May 14, 2010
Health IT support centers launch journey to help stand up digital healhtcare systems throughout the state.
By Mary Mosquera | 06:51 pm | May 14, 2010
Health and Human Services to conduct consumer survey to counter worries out negative patient experiences.