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As longer-term readers know, this newsletter has praised the VA's efforts with open-source EMR VistA since we first got started. VistA is, in short, a... Read more...

A new study suggests that healthcare CIOs and software marketing executives are even father apart in their understanding of one another than you might think. The study, which surveyed 100 IT... Read more...

The Army will soon dole out ruggedized wireless handhelds to thousands of battlefield medics, that they'll use largely to capture and transmit basic information useful in caring for wounded soldiers. As part of its $750 million Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care program, Army personnel working in combat zones like Iraq and Afghanistan have already gotten 19,000 laptops, handhelds and related systems. Medics will now be getting Motorola MC70 devices, thousands of which will be …

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The big fish just got more interested in a big market. Microsoft said last week it had agreed to acquire healthcare software that brings together all types of data from hundreds of sources to make it available to doctors electronically. Microsoft will take Azyxxi, a system devised at Washington Hospital Center, and continue its development so it can be offered to hospitals worldwide. Under the terms of the deal, Microsoft has formed an alliance with Columbia, MD-based MedStar …

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Welcome to the first issue of FierceHealthIT, your one-stop source for healthcare IT information and analysis. In just minutes, our newsletter will give the information you need to make critical IT decisions for your healthcare organization, including case studies, research findings, trend analysis, commentary and more.

Today, I'd like to shine a spotlight on the VA's …

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Your hospital may be known best for how it handles moms-to-be and their babies. To boost your reputation, you might want to take a look at how a Rochester hospital is using a new $350,000 fetal monitoring system that allows doctors and nurses to monitor unborn babies' heartbeats and moms' contractions in real time on a computer software system. The system can be accessed outside the patient room and over the Internet at Park Ridge Hospital in Rochester, NY.

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