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NewsCMS releases Stage 2 Meaningful Use proposals
Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) today announced the proposed requirements for Stage 2 Meaningful Read more...
AT&T takes over AMA's Amagine physician portal
Nearly a year after the American Medical Association announced the nationwide availability of its Amagine physician portal, AT&T has taken over Amagine and integrated it with its Healthcare Read more...
Highmark, Verizon collaborate on new HIE
Pennsylvania insurer Highmark and telecom giant Verizon are creating a massive new health information exchange, the two companies announced this week. Once complete, the Highmark HIE will cover much Read more...
HIEs discover new ways to use 'Direct Project' messaging protocol
Health information exchanges are finding their own ways to use the Direct Project standards to achieve their quality and coordination objectives, panelists revealed in a discussion of the Read more...
States increase health data exchange connectivity
The Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) this week announced that it is the first community health record in the nation to achieve statewide connectivity for all acute care hospitals. According Read more...
Brookings: Consensus from policymakers necessary for HIE success
Private sector buy-in and an alignment of state and federal policies is essential to the long-term success of health information exchanges, a paper published today by The Brookings Institution Read more...
Early ACO adopters reveal key IT lessons
The intrepid hospital and physician office pioneers leading the charge toward accountable care organizations have learned some key lessons about IT--its role, its limitations and its challenges. A Read more...
Mostashari: HIE, consumer engagement in healthcare will 'take off' in 2012
Health information exchange will take off in 2012, as will consumer and patient use of health information technology, according to National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari in his latest Read more...
Hospital executives wonder how they can afford HIEs
Nearly 70 percent of hospitals are building or planning to build the infrastructure for a health information exchange, according to a survey of 200 hospital executives by Beacon Partners, a health IT Read more...
HIE creation requires planning, flexibility
Preparation and flexibility are two key ingredients in the recipe for creating a working health information exchange, Sonal Patel, vice president of client services for healthcare IT software company Read more...
| Press ReleasesHealth Fidelity Named Finalist at West Coast Health IT Innovation Exchange SummitClinical Natural Language Processing (NLP) innovator selected to showcase at event recognized by White House-backed Startup America initiativeMENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Read more >> Healthcare Providers and Patients Reap Benefits of AT&T's Ramped-Up Community of CareAT&T Healthcare Community Online Scales Possibilities at HIMSS 2012 with New Customers and Enhancements, Including a Care Management FeatureDALLAS, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Technology can Read more >> lifeIMAGE Network Surpasses 100 Million Diagnostic Images-- Nation's leading hospitals reach unprecedented levels of health information exchange using lifeIMAGE services --NEWTON, Mass., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- lifeIMAGE, a network for sharing Read more >> Southeast Michigan Beacon Community Establishes BeaconLink2Health, Groundbreaking Health Information Exchange in Southeast MichiDETROIT, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Southeast Michigan Beacon Community (SEMBC) announced today that it has started implementation of BeaconLink2Health, an all-new Health Read more >> QuadraMed Secures Three New Contracts for its Identity Management SolutionsSacred Heart Health System, Piedmont Healthcare and Orlando Health select EMPI solutions from QuadraMed to improve patient safety throughout the continuum of care RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HIMSS Read more >> |
