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S&P to monitor non-profit hospital IT spending

May 19, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Over the next few years, credit rating firm Standard & Poor's plans to take a much closer look at the extent to which not-for-profit hospitals keep up with their peers in making technology... Read more...

HIT M&A numbers up despite market downturn

April 14, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Despite recent turmoil in the financial markets, it looks like health IT transactions have had a surprisingly healthy few months. During the first quarter of 2008, 57 HIT deals were announced, equal... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Brailer tips his hand on VC investment plans

January 28, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Next month, former national health IT coordinator David Brailer plans to announce what kind of healthcare investments he'll make. Brailer, who's now in charge of private equity firm Health Evolution... Read more...

Radical health IT changes not expected in '08

January 14, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Despite widespread talk of radical changes in health IT infrastructures and business practices, at least two senior health IT leaders think we're getting ahead of ourselves, according to an interview... Read more...

NY governor gets support from MDs on EMR push

January 14, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Over the past year, many state and federal initiatives have been launched which have attempted to bring more physicians into the EMR fold. But few, unfortunately, have had the support of physician... Read more...

Study: Hospital execs stress IT investment for coming years

December 17, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Over the next two years, hospital executives expect to spend on IT more often than service or building expansions or make acquisitions, according to a new industry survey conducted by Prince Market... Read more...

The EMR rollout dilemma: The necessary evil

December 3, 2007 — 7:59am ET
When it comes to EMRs, big healthcare organizations have a big, nasty problem on their hands. The problem? While they pretty much have to invest in an EMR system to stay competitive, by most IT... Read more...

Sutter Health sets plans for massive Epic EMR rollout

December 3, 2007 — 7:59am ET
After lots of internal struggles, sprawling northern California health system Sutter Health has set firm plans to roll out an enterprise EMR over over the next eight years. Beginning with Burlingame,... Read more...

AMA endorses health IT tax credits

December 3, 2007 — 7:59am ET
The AMA has officially come out in favor of having legislators create a full, refundable tax credit to help them pay for health IT investments. This week, delegates with the AMA approved a resolution... Read more...

Study: Many payers plan no new IT investments in '08

November 19, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Liking the IT options you're getting from your payer? Well, you'd better. A new study suggests that more than half of payers may not be making new investments in 2008, instead of hunkering down to... Read more...
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