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By Molly Merrill | 10:34 am | March 02, 2009
The Georgia Cancer Coalition, an independent, not-for-profit organization based in Atlanta, will use a statewide healthcare information exchange to share evidence-based medicine with community cancer care centers.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:32 am | March 02, 2009
North Carolina is replacing its Medicaid Management Information System, one that will support and manage other state agency health services in addition to Medicaid.
By Diana Manos | 10:45 pm | March 01, 2009
President Barack Obama announced Monday he has tapped Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Department of Health and Human Services secretary and Nancy-Ann Min DeParle for Director of the White House Office for Health Reform.
By John Andrews | 02:57 pm | February 27, 2009
After 10 years, the North American Connectathon is hitting an impressive stride, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise organizers say. As the size of the IHE interoperability demonstration continues to grow, this year's participants won the admiration of event leaders because they were "confident, well-prepared and cooperative."
By Bernie Monegain | 11:04 am | February 27, 2009
The CEO of the Tufts Health Plan, who is the grandson of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a member of President Barack Obama’s transition team, is urging universal healthcare.
By Diana Manos | 05:12 pm | February 26, 2009
President Barack Obama asked Congress for $76.8 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services Thursday in a fiscal year 2010 federal budget outline.
By Molly Merrill | 03:49 pm | February 26, 2009
Capella Healthcare, the Memorial Hermann Hospital System, Trillium Health Centre and Vanderbilt University Medical Center are all turning to smart technology for their electronic medical records.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:47 am | February 26, 2009
The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System is among a growing number of hospitals rolling out technology to boost the patient hand-off process.
By Molly Merrill | 06:22 pm | February 25, 2009
Presbyterian Healthcare Services, a not-for-profit system of hospitals in New Mexico, is planning to revamp its patient call center by improving access to patient data.
By Diana Manos | 10:59 am | February 25, 2009
President Barack Obama told Congress Tuesday night that healthcare reform must be addressed this year. In his first speech to a joint session of Congress, he called for a three-pronged approach to saving the economy that includes healthcare reform and investments in energy and education.