September 11, 2013
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has announced a collaborative patient matching initiative, a representative for the government agency announced in a blog post this week.
September 10, 2013
Patients are educating themselves online, spending 52 hours annually looking for health information on the web and some of this comes from physician influence, reveals a recent survey.
September 10, 2013
Michigan doctors treating patients from Indiana, and Indiana physicians treating Michigan patients, can now securely exchange health records thanks to a new partnership between Michigan Health Connect (MHC) and Michiana Health Information Network (MHIN).
September 9, 2013
With the updated version of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) going into effect on Sept. 23, the American Medical Association (AMA) is throwing a life line to its members with a toolkit that will aim to help physicians navigate the revisions of the federal privacy and security rules.
September 9, 2013
A new 24/7 remote monitoring system from the Mayo Clinic will improve care and shorten hospital stays for critically ill patients, according to Mayo officials in a recent announcement. The Enhanced Critical Care program will offer monitoring of the sickest patients at six Mayo Clinic Health System hospitals.
September 9, 2013
Ohio's CliniSync Health Information Exchange (HIE) has announced the signing of the 25-bed Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz as well as the 91-bed Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney, bringing the number of Ohio hospitals in the CliniSync statewide HIE to 101.
September 9, 2013
Quality Systems Inc. (QSI) and its subsidiary NextGen Healthcare have acquired Mirth Corporation, a health information technology vendor that specializes in interoperability, for an undisclosed amount the company recently announced.
September 6, 2013
University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), the Chicago-based alliance of 118 academic medical centers and 299 of its affiliated hospitals, has partnered with New York University’s Langone Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio to work on seamlessly transferring patient data.
September 6, 2013
Of the more than 300 events related to electronic health record (EHR) software default values analyzed by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, three percent resulted in unsafe conditions or prolonged hospitalization of patients, according to the Authority’s new report.
September 6, 2013
A new study from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) has looked at the relationship between health information laws and health system improvements for children and adolescents under Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit.
September 6, 2013
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has doled out a five-year, $28.8 million contract to AMC Health for telehealth software and services, the government agency and vendor jointly announced.
September 5, 2013
Teladoc, the Dallas-based telehealth provider, has announced the acquisition of Consult A Doctor, a Miami Beach, Fla.-based telehealth company. With this acquisition, individuals and employees of small- to medium-size businesses will now have access to Teladoc’s national network of U.S. board-certified, state-licensed physicians for consults.
September 5, 2013
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and the nonprofit Rhode Island Quality Institute have announced the launch of an incentive program for Rhode Island primary care physicians to adopt and use CurrentCare, Rhode Island's health information exchange. The program is designed to reward primary care physicians who are advancing health information technology and the health information exchange in the state.
September 5, 2013
The State of Hawaii Department of Human Services (DHS) has launched the Hawaii Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive program to help healthcare providers adopt, implement, upgrade, or meaningfully use certified EHR technology.
September 4, 2013
Cerner Corp., the Kansas City, Mo.-based electronic health record (EHR) vendor, has named Zane Burke, an executive in the company, its new president.
