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Bill would help small practices adopt healthcare IT
Everyone knows that small practices are most likely to struggle with health IT implementations. Apparently, at least some legislators are aware of this, with one introducing a bill last week that... Read more...
GE plans to develop new health integration framework with Mayo, other clinics
GE has announced plans to develop a new health IT collaboration framework, commercializing an open architecture, working in partnership with some of the U.S.'s most prestigious healthcare... Read more...
Can open-source EMRs boost adoption?
As you'll see in today's issue, even in progressive California, EMR adoption by physicians is still well below the levels public policy-makers would like to see. As elsewhere, doctors there are... Read more...
Case study: UPenn integrates patient data
After about a year of effort, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's network of hospitals and clinics will soon have access to a single, integrated view of key patient data. The project began,... Read more...
A big moment for physician IT
Today and tomorrow, I'll be at the Medical Group Management Association meeting in Philadelphia getting a reality check on physician practice issues. I'm excited to be here. I think we've arrived at... Read more...
New York plans $106M in HIT grants
New York's Health Department has announced plans to give out nearly $106 million in grants to promote community collaboration on HIT efforts. Among other things, the state is giving grants to... Read more...
Study: EMRs still vulnerable to security breaches
Your clinical data may be more vulnerable than you think. According to a new study, many healthcare providers aren't meeting the grade when it comes to protecting their EMRs. What's more, they noted,... Read more...
Sisters of Charity offers EMR to 5,000 MDs
Lenexa, KS-based health delivery system Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System has struck a deal to make ambulatory EMR software available to the 5,000-odd physicians who have privileges at... Read more...
U.S. on track to reach seven-year IT adoption goals
Despite evidence to the contrary, health-IT czar Robert Kolodner insists that the U.S. will still meet the health IT adoption goals set by President Bush. Bush has set a goal of seeing that the... Read more...
EMR vendor offers free, limited physician access
It's the age-old "give them a taste and they'll buy" routine. RemedyMD, a Sandy, UT.-based electronic health records vendor, has agreed to give ambulatory practice physicians' offices a free license... Read more...
