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Open source software will make it easier to analyze and submit quality reports to public health organizations.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives filed its comments regarding the EHR Incentive Program with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday. The comments address what the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based organization calls "critical concerns" regarding the proposed regulations that were unveiled on December 30, 2009.
After announcing that it would be postponing the release of its fourth quarter financial results, Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth, Inc. (ATHN), which provides Web-based billing services to providers, saw its shares fall 13 percent in pre-market trading on Friday.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has launched "NHIN Direct" as a simpler way for physicians and consumers to exchange health information than through implementation of the full-blown Nationwide Health Information Network.
Eclipsys Corp., an Atlanta-based health IT company, and computer technology giant Microsoft Corp. are planning to integrate their platforms to provide more flexible and interoperable solutions to healthcare providers.
Homerton University Hospital in London has installed three CARESTREAM DRX-1 Systems, which feature a wireless, cassette sized detector. The hospital, located just two miles from the main Olympic venues, will be able to image athletes with the new DR technology in half the time.
Of the more than $100 million that California will receive from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for healthcare, the California Health and Human Services Agency will use $38.8 million to build a statewide health information exchange (HIE).
Allscripts, of Chicago, has announced that McLaren Medical Group of Flint, Mich. has selected its electronic health record for its 150 physicians.
Surgeon General Benjamin announces plan to extend family health history tool via third-party personal health record systems.
Justice community's National Information Exchange Model proven as a way to share data successfully in government.