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Study: Telemedicine could save $4.2 billion annually

November 19, 2007 — 7:59am ET
A new study suggests that rolling out telemedicine systems nationally in the U.S. to emergency departments, correctional institutions, doctor's offices and nursing homes could pay off big time,... Read more...

HIMSS: Patient safety top reason for IT investment

April 15, 2007 — 8:01pm ET
In most other industries, IT investment is justified largely in terms of ROI. But last week's HIMSS survey results note, healthcare IT managers have some bigger fish to fry. The new research--the... Read more...

CCHIT unveils new EMR certification criteria

October 1, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology just posted its proposed expanded criteria for ambulatory care electronic medical records systems for 2007, and proposed initial criteria for inpatient EMRs. Public comments are due by October 27. The goal is to have final proposed certification criteria by year-end for both ambulatory and inpatient EMRs. The criteria would be tested in early 2007 before becoming final. CCHIT in May will start accepting applications for …

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Certifications coming for ambulatory EHR vendors

July 8, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Coming soon to a happy vendor near you: The Certification Commission for Healthcare IT (CCHIT) list of the first group of certified electronic health record software vendors. Slated for a July 18 release, the list may help providers struggling with a somewhat fragmented vendor market. Two dozen ambulatory EHR vendors, each of whom paid a $28K testing fee, were put to the test during the first round.  Showing a gracious streak, CCHIT chair Mark Leavitt said that only systems that pass …

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