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Diabetes, HIV the focus of new innovation challenge efforts

In addition to the follow-up care innovation challenge issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, two more health IT challenges were announced at yesterday's Care Innovation Summit Read more...

Decision-support tool helps providers adopt standard material identifiers

Researchers at the University of Arkansas' Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics have created free software to help providers understand and implement universal GS1 supply chain standards, Read more...

Blue Button builds momentum inside and outside the VA

The Blue Button campaign that enable veterans to download their medical records from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and non-VA providers is exceeding the government's expectations. Half a Read more...

HIEs in Ohio, Mississippi facilitate first interstate Direct messaging

For the first time, the Direct protocol for secure messaging has been used to exchange health data across state lines. Physician offices in Lima, Ohio, and Biloxi, Miss., used Direct messaging to Read more...

Kaiser, Mayo press for standard product identifiers to improve patient safety

The Healthcare Transformation Group (HTG), a collaborative comprised of five big healthcare organizations--Geisinger Health System, Intermountain Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, and the Read more...

Government's push to unleash health data 'transformative'

Since 2008, HealthCamp's worldwide gatherings have provided a unique venue for people to discuss issues and challenges facing the healthcare industry, as well as how to best to resolve those issues. Read more...

ICD-10 transition proving complex, expensive for hospitals

The transition to the ICD-10 diagnostic code set will be expensive and difficult, industry observers agree in a recent Computerworld article. The average hospital will spend between $2 million and $5 Read more...

HIMSS 'Playbook' helps providers jump-start ICD-10 transition

HIMSS just released an interactive, web-based resource--the ICD-10 Playbook--to help healthcare providers make the difficult transition from the ICD-9 to the ICD-10 diagnostic code set. The in-depth Read more...

Healthcare giants to show feasibility of cross-country data exchange

Five large integrated delivery systems--all of them pioneers of electronic health records--have formed a consortium to demonstrate the feasibility of cross-country health information exchange. The Read more...

Online appointment scheduling growing in popularity

For doctors looking to add patients and lower overhead costs, one easy solution, according to a Kaiser Health News/USA Today collaboration, is online scheduling. While the practice hasn't exactly Read more...

Press Releases

Kaiser Permanente Volunteers Advance Dr. King’s Values

Employees Volunteer Across Southern California on MLK Day of Service PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kaiser Permanente Southern California physicians and staff are honoring civil rights leader Read more >>

Kaiser Permanente Bolstering Nutrition in Southern California

Food Banks Feeling the Pressure to Provide this Holiday Season PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Food banks across Southern California are facing increased demand for their services due to Read more >>

8 Kaiser Permanente Hospitals in Southern California Named Top Hospitals in Nation

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Eight Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Southern California have been named 2011 Top Hospitals in a national list by the Leapfrog Group, a coalition which seeks to Read more >>

Leading Health Plans Perform Well for First Half of 2011

KENNEBUNK, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- For the first half of 2011 top health plans saw a combined net increase of over 2 million members from December 2010. While aggregated fully-insured business Read more >>

ZONARE Medical Systems Announces Appointment of PJ Ryland as Vice President of Business Development & Corporate Accounts

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc., a developer of high-end ultrasound solutions, announced the recent promotion of PJ Ryland to Vice President of Read more >>