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HealthAlliance Hospital and Fallon Clinic are the first two healthcare organizations to go live with SAFEHealth (Secure Architecture For Exchanging Health Information), a regional health information exchange.

The Obama admnistration's point man for healthcare information technology told leaders in Maine on Friday that their statewide health information exchange - HealthInfoNet - could serve as a model across the country.

Executives and clinicians at small rural hospitals across the country are eager to adopt more information technology, but many are hard-pressed to find the right vendor, according to a new report from healthcare IT research firm KLAS.

Two recent contracts effectively illustrate Sentillion’s strategy to serve both large and small healthcare systems, its president contends.

WebMD deploys mobile medical application for physicians NEW YORK - The WebMD Health Corporation has rolled out a new medical application for physicians that’s designed to make healthcare information more accessible for the on-the-go situations. Medscape Mobile provides physicians with information on a mobile platform available through Apple’s iPhone or iPod Touch, the BlackBerry and other mobile devices. The free application provides physicians with pharmaceutical information, clinical reference tools, medical news and information on continuing medical education. Medscape’s information services include: A database of more than 6,000 generic and brand name drugs, plus hundreds of herbals, supplements and antidotes. A drug interaction checker that quickly shows interactions for a combination of up to 30 drugs, herbals and/or supplements.  Medscape Medical News with up-to-date, specialty-focused medical content across more than 30 specialties. The WebMD Health Directory, featuring contact information for moe than 400,000 physicians, 57,000 pharmacies and 6,000 hospitals. Vendor rolls out teletom technology for critical care CHARLESTON, SC  – BERCHTOLD Corp., a medical equipment manufacturer based in South Carolina, has rolled out a line of TELETOM technology to meet the needs of critical care patients. The ceiling-mounted TELETOM for critical care patients provides staff members with a maneuverable workstation designed for improved bedside assistance. It includes a choice of suspensions, easily cleaned surfaces, removable accessories, integrated power and gas outlets, and a practical organization of cords and cables. Humanscale healthcare launches COWs NEW YORK – Humanscale Healthcare has launched its new T5 and T6 computer-on-wheels, which are designed to provide the user with comfort, ease of mobility and maximum maneuverability for improved care to patients. The T6 includes features such as improved cable management and a new design. It also includes a high-performance power system  compatible with both laptops and PCs. Designed to meet the needs of the user, many aspects of the T6 are adjustable including the keyboard, monitor and work surface. A foot pedal provides the height adjustment for the T-line of COWs. Epocrates rolls out OTC reference guide SAN MATEO, CA  – Physicians now have a new reference for over-the-counter prescriptions. The OTC drug module, from Epocrates, includes information on hundreds of OTC drugs on the market. This reference can be accessed from mobiles devices such as the iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm or Windows Mobile device,  allowing physicians access on the go. This software is also designed to help identify interactions between OTC and prescriptions, safe products for pregnant women and people with diabetes and medications by class. Aperio launches technology aimed at clinical workflow VISTA, CA – Aperio, a provider of digital pathology in healthcare, has launched a digital solution for Immunohistochemistry designed for the clinical market. The IHC solution streamlines clinical workflow in an attempt to make clinical processes more efficient and cost effective. The solution includes FDA-cleared algorithms and PR stained breast specimens for use in digital diagnosis. The platform allows laboratories and pathologists to adopt digital pathology in applications like IHC and then expand the utility of the system to many other digital pathology services such as secondary consultations, tumor boards, quality assurance programs and proficiency testing and training.  

Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they want information to follow them wherever they go. No small feat for vendors who must clear the path of obstacles like parochial domains, patient privacy rules, hardware limitations and network protocols.

Looking to distance itself from similar-sounding competitors, the iMedica Corporation has announced a new name and launched a new Web site.

Physicians rely on their cellphones about as much as they do their stethoscopes. With that in mind, Globaltel Media is looking to make the cellphone more useful.

Executives at CareFusion are combining medicine and music to publicize the company’s launch as a solo act.

While the economic downturn has forced SelectHealth to discontinue some of its projects, the health plan has reallocated its resources to new campaigns, thanks to data from its communications partner, the Eliza Corp.