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Providence Health & Services, the Oregon-based not-for-profit health system, has upgraded to GE Healthcare's Centricity EMR platform.
The comment period on phase one of the proposed certification rule closed on Friday with groups calling for the feds to take precautions not to hinder the current ongoing healthcare IT adoption process.
The U.S. Department of Labor is accepting applications for $13.2 million in grant funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to create and implement an online platform that will boost access to healthcare career opportunities, including occupations such as medical records and health information technicians.
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore will deploy new technology to provide interactive patient care throughout the 130-bed facility.
Rochester RHIO, the upstate New York regional health information organization, has extended its information exchange capabilities to six more hospitals in the area.
CHIME, an organization that represents 1,400 healthcare CIOs, is calling for a rapid analysis of existing electronic health record certification programs, saying: "Above all else providers need a stable marketplace."
Ninety percent of U.S. healthcare leaders and 84 percent of global healthcare leaders recently surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) believe information technology will be a "key factor" for changes in healthcare in the near future and over the coming decade.
Three healthcare IT companies will submit bids at the April 13 auction for the assets of Spheris, the nation’s second largest medical transcription provider, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Feb. 3.
Management Health Solutions, the Fairfield, Conn.-based provider of clinical inventory solutions, has announced its acquisition of AtPar Inc., a developer of mobile supply chain software.
Health and Human Services agencies plan online tools to become more accessible under the administration's Open Government directive.