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By Bernie Monegain | 11:28 am | June 16, 2009
A new imaging e-ordering coalition has launched a national initiative to promote healthcare information technology-enabled decision-support (e-Ordering) as a way to ensure that all patients receive the most medically appropriate diagnostic imaging test for their specific condition.
By Molly Merrill | 11:26 am | June 15, 2009
Worried that provisions in the HITECH Act could be “squandered,” healthcare stakeholders sent an appeal to Congress to include information technology into the administration’s broader healthcare reform efforts.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:16 am | June 15, 2009
Toshiba leads a small group of top-performing medical equipment companies ranked by research firm KLAS in its annual report.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:34 am | June 15, 2009
Halifax Health's new 500,000-square-foot, high-tech medical facility in Daytona Beach, Fla., is poised to open this week equipped with a wireless network aimed at boosting mobility and productivity for clinicians and staff.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:08 pm | June 12, 2009
After a successful pilot with the Massachusetts-based EMC Corp., the Center for Connected Health, part of Partners Healthcare system in Boston, is launching a new company to allow self-insured employers to help employees manage their own health.
By Kyle Hardy | 12:01 pm | June 12, 2009
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has finished appointing the 265 members for its 19 all-volunteer work groups.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:15 am | June 12, 2009
President Barack Obama on Thursday turned the spotlight on healthcare IT leaders Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City and Geisinger Health in rural Philadelphia.
By Molly Merrill | 11:12 am | June 12, 2009
The majority of American adults look online for health information and most are accessing reviews and comments posted by fellow consumers, according to a new report.
By Eric Wicklund | 04:58 pm | June 11, 2009
Continuing its high-profile effort to push the adoption of electronic health records among physicians, Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions has announced yet another reseller agreement with a key distributor of IT products to practices.
By Molly Merrill | 11:25 am | June 11, 2009
The initial criteria for the definition of "meaningful use" of healthcare IT are expected by June 16.