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By Eric Wicklund | 09:58 am | January 14, 2010
A Missouri-based health center is looking to expand the patient-centered medical home concept to more than 30,000 uninsured and underinsured residents in the state through a deal with NextGen Healthcare Information Systems.
By Mary Mosquera | 09:40 am | January 14, 2010
The National Health Information Network is recast as a set of basic services designed to ready providers for fast approaching meaningful use deadlines.
By Bernie Monegain | 05:18 pm | January 13, 2010
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has filed a lawsuit against Health Net of Connecticut, alleging the company failed to secure patient medical records and financial information prior to a security breach.
By Healthcare IT News | 12:52 pm | January 13, 2010
Premier healthcare alliance, which encompasses 2,300 not-for profit hospitals and health systems and more than 63,000 other healthcare organizations, addressed healthcare reform in a letter to Congressional leadership Jan. 12.
By Kyle Hardy | 11:44 am | January 13, 2010
Three hospitals will implement new technology to help stave off healthcare-affiliated infections and improve patient safety.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:33 am | January 13, 2010
The public has 60 days from the publication of the rules today to offer their views on the health IT incentive proposal.
By Molly Merrill | 11:13 am | January 13, 2010
Officials at Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based provider of free electronic health record software, announced Wednesday that the company has launched a free e-prescribing system for physicians.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:50 am | January 13, 2010
Sharp HealthCare's William A. Spooner credited his IT team Wednesday with helping him win CIO of the Year honors.
By Diana Manos | 10:43 am | January 13, 2010
The HIT Policy Committee, a federal advisory group, meets today from 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET to discuss the proposed rules on meaningful use and standards.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:03 pm | January 12, 2010
Few providers normally perform a risk analysis, one of the requirements in proving meaningful use for 2011.