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Veterans agency saved $7 billion in using health IT over 10 year period, says study by Center for IT Leadership
Eight contracts will establish Health IT Research Center to support regional extension centers in helping practices adopt health IT.
Maine's HealthInfoNet, the state's designated health information exchange, was awarded $4.7 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, just as Gov. John E. Baldacci issued an executive order creating two new state entities responsible for the expansion and coordination of healthcare IT.
Policies promoting electronic medical record adoption should include communication-skills training for clinicians and those using the technology, according to a new study.
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments intend to test more complex health data sets and include more participants in its second "VLER Community" project, the latest in a planned series of live tests of a Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record for military community members and their families.
Healthcare providers looking to marry clinical and revenue cycle management operations are finding a willing suitor in Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions.
Since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in early 2009, and the definition of "meaningful use" of an EMR, the healthcare CIO is looking at a much larger range of responsibilities.
Next Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record pilot will start July 31 with more partners, more features, says VA exec.
Physicians are considering an ever-increasing number of software vendors when shopping for the right electronic medical record system, according to a new report from research firm KLAS.
Some regional extension centers (RECs) - federally funded healthcare IT resource centers to help providers adopt IT and qualify for meaningful use - will open nationwide in the next few weeks, according to federal officials.