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Five more hospitals are expected to soon qualify for the HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award, recognizing their transition to a completely paperless environment, said Dave Garets, the company’s CEO and president.
Business intelligence provider Lawson Software is branching out into more areas of the healthcare setting with the acquisition of Healthvision.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has unveiled The National Health Security Strategy, focused on protecting people's health during a large-scale emergency. The strategy sets priorities for government and non-government activities over the next four years.
The Veterans Affairs Department and healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente have begun to share electronic health record information of patients who receive care services from both providers in the San Diego, Calif., area.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives says questions on reporting, product certification and implementation deadlines could hinder efforts to implement electronic health records under recently proposed federal regulations.
Applications for the $6 million project for higher education institutions that want to develop competency exams for a new healthcare IT workforce are due Jan. 25, and details will be critical to success, said Charles Friedman, deputy national coordinator for healthcare IT.
A CSC survey suggests that many hospitals and physician practices aren't ready to meet the terms of “meaningful use” of healthcare IT by 2015.
Seventeen members and affiliate program participants of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives are the first to be credentialed as Certified Healthcare CIOs and CHCIO-Eligible.
Most providers believe their electronic medical record systems will meet 2011 meaningful use deadlines, says a new survey.
Officials say a San Diego pilot program marks a key milestone in meeting a presidential priority to expand military health record sharing.