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Pharmacy OneSource, of Bellevue, Wa., a software-as-a-service provider to more than 1,300 hospitals in the United States, announced the launch of VeriForm, a new web-based hospital checklist documentation and reporting system.
President Barack Obama roused an enthusiastic crowd in support of his landmark health reform in Maine on Thursday, touting a new course that will "build on the system of private health insurance that we already have," making coverage "more secure and more affordable" for those who already have it, and allowing those who don't have coverage to "finally be able to get it."
Thirty-seven Democrats call for HHS to allow providers to defer some meaningful use requirements.
The Medicare recovery audit contracting (RAC) project has some accountability, integrity and reliability shortcomings, according to a new report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The government of Cross River State, Nigeria is launching two initiatives in order to provide healthcare and other social services to its poor and rurally located citizens.
Like other healthcare leaders in Maine, David Howes does not expect to hear anything new on healthcare reform when President Barack Obama makes a stop here Thursday, but Howes, a physician and CEO of Portland, Maine-based Martin’s Point Health Care, views the law as "an enormous step forward.”
A radiologist contracted by Griffin Hospital, a 160-bed acute care community hospital in St. Derby, Conn, has breached images of 957 patients. The radiologist accessed the reports on the hospital's PACS system, downloaded image files of 339 of these patients, and even contacted some of the patients offering to provide professional services at another area hospital.
iSOFT, the Australian health IT company, has announced a $2 million deal with ACT Health for new patient and emergency software applications at Calvary Public Hospital.
The new healthcare reform law will save lives, Consumers Union asserts in a statement released Wednesday in which it highlights provisions for improving patient care, including the use of information technology and evidence-based medicine.
CMS administrator nominee would bring experience in research and public advocacy for patient safety, science and evidence-based medicine.