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The southeastern Va. area, home to thousands of military personnel, will host pilot tests of the virtual lifetime electronic record project.
HHS is about to announce the first set of 70 grants to fund a network of regional health IT training centers.
Public comments will play a major role in defining meaningful use of healthcare IT, according to federal officials. Healthcare IT News encourages you to share those comments with other readers.
Thomson Reuters has acquired ProfSoft, Inc., a healthcare technology company that provides health plans with analytic software and services to assess physician and hospital performance.
The country's community pharmacists are calling on the government to strengthen e-prescribing requirements, arguing the standards are too low.
The United States Navy has enlisted the ECRI Institute to help advise its procurement, use, and maintenance of medical equipment at all Naval hospitals worldwide.
HITSP, an organization that did much to sort through and harmonize health IT standards over the last five years and whose work provided an early foundation for “meaningful use,” will begin winding down its operations after this week.
Chairman Halamka said the panel's work provided a foundation for current health IT 'meaningful use' scheme.
Royal Philips Electronics posted net income of €260 million ($368 million) in the fourth quarter of 2009, spurred in part by the company's healthcare products.
The American Academy of Family Physicians wants changes made to the government's proposed meaningful use regulations to help small and medium-sized practices become eligible for government incentives designed to spur the use of healthcare information technology.