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A telemedicine trial, undertaken by Cisco, has proven a success after almost 100 percent of responses suggested the technology used was acceptable, according to Cisco Systems, a U.S.-based multi-national corporation.
The Kaiser Permanente Health Care Institute and National Labor College hosted a national forum highlighting best practices for providing high-quality care to patients at lower costs.
The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel has approved new interoperability specifications for electronic health records, data exchange and architecture that align with the federal government's stimulus package for healthcare IT.
Hilo Medical Center has signed a multi-year contract with Healthcare Informatics Associates for EMR implementation support.
Following a tour Thursday of the Cleveland Clinic, President Barack Obama held up the organization as a model of how information technology can contribute to high quality, cost-effective care.
Hospitals and other health organizations that are part of a health information exchange are well positioned to qualify for federal stimulus money under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Fletcher Allen Health Care, a Vermont-based provider of health services to 850,000 citizens, has deployed a new clinical workflow solution in an effort to increase access to patient information from different systems.
More than 225 volunteers with the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) are updating and broadening certification programs for electronic health record technologies.
Medfusion is boosting its offerings for physicians and their patients with the acquisition of Medem’s iHealth suite of services and the iHealth PHR. The company has also announced an agreement with Chicago-based Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions to provide the Medfusion patient portal to Allscripts’ electronic health record and practice management clients nationwide.
The American Medical Association says more healing is needed before it can pronounce healthcare's claims process cured.