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West Virginia University Hospitals went live this weekend with Merlin, a $90 million electronic medical records project, as part of its "Wave 2" implementation.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman's advice for President-elect Barack Obama is to spend "on things of lasting value," including healthcare information technology.
Member physicians of South Jersey Healthcare, an integrated healthcare system offering hospital, ambulatory care and home healthcare services, will soon be offered electronic health records.
Details on the economic stimulus package are unfolding optimistically for healthcare IT, according to some of the first draft language available, obtained from those close to the process.
United HealthGroup and Aetna have agreed to pay millions of dollars to members who were scammed in what New York investigators called a "rigged" billing system.
Physicians at Tomball Regional Medical Center are using mobile devices to receive real-time data about their patients. They say the technology will improve the quality of care by helping them to respond quicker to patients' needs.
Starting Thursday, residents of the nation's 50th state were able to connect with their doctors online through the Hawaii Medical Service Association's new Online Care service. Available via the Internet or telephone and to all residents of the state regardless of membership with HMSA, the service offers 10-minute online sessions with a credentialed participating physician for a flat fee ranging from $10 to $45.
The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released the long-awaited ICD-10 code set and set a new compliance date of Oct. 1, 2013.
Thousands of lives - and an estimated $400 billion in healthcare spending - could be saved by putting healthcare information technology to work and adopting best practices, said former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, the founder of the Center for Health Transformation.
The 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study opened online Thursday.