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By Mike Miliard | 11:58 am | May 12, 2010
Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, one of the leading academic medical centers of the mid-South and the flagship of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has selected Allscripts Care Management's discharge planning solution to ensure continuity of care and improve the efficiency of the hospital patient discharge process.
By Molly Merrill | 11:37 am | May 12, 2010
A new bill signed into law is expected to boost the creation of a statewide health information exchange in Wisconsin.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:00 am | May 12, 2010
Some hospitals are greener than others, and Practice Greenhealth, an organization that promotes sustainable healthcare practices throughout hospitals – including in the information technology arena – has identified the Premier healthcare alliance and 61 of its member hospitals as leaders.
By Kyle Hardy | 10:51 am | May 12, 2010
A new report based on the European healthcare market shows providers adopting more business analytics solutions as a result of a decrease in patient visits from pay-for-performance programs.
By Kyle Hardy | 05:41 pm | May 11, 2010
Three U.S. hospitals are now depending on a new trend in health IT to help them overcome a clinician shortage in rural areas: electronic intensive care units.
By Mike Miliard | 11:55 am | May 11, 2010
Intuit Inc., the Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Medfusion, of Cary, N.C., which makes front-office and back-office software designed to improve patient-to-provider communications.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:43 am | May 11, 2010
A Department of Health and Human Services workgroup is wrestling with questions of whether existing laws are strong enough to protect the privacy of patient information conveyed using NHIN Direct, a set of specifications for helping healthcare organizations swap data electronically.
By Kyle Hardy | 11:17 am | May 11, 2010
When it comes to technology in healthcare you can't say, "Do as I say, not as I do." Those are the words of Renee McLeod, pediatric nurse practitioner, founder and dean of the Brandman University School of Nursing and Health Professionals.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:15 am | May 11, 2010
Employer organization Dossia and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic will integrate Mayo Clinic EmbodyHealth, a personal health management portal, with the Dossia Personal Health Platform. The integration makes the EmbodyHealth portal available to members of the Dossia network.
By GHIT Staff | 12:47 am | May 11, 2010
A new bill would require Defense and Veterans Affairs departments to build Internet portal for veterans to access records and benefits.