McKesson news from FierceHealthIT

A growing number of health plans have begun to pay for patients to participate in online visits with their doctor. In recent months Aetna and Cigna have started paying for some doctors' visits on Read more...

Hoping to increase dosing accuracy for high-risk patients, Duke University Hospital is rolling out a new, advanced dose monitoring function for its CPOE and clinical decision support system. Duke, Read more...

Sure, EMRs have been a hot idea for quite some time. But now that federal and state legislators have made electronic data sharing their pet project--something which implies a pretty robust EMR Read more...

Folks, with all due respect to Gartner, I hesitate to be part of the echo chamber continually magnifying its importance. But still, since I've never met anyone from the IT executive suite who doesn't Read more...

It's been a long wait, but ever so slowly, health plans are beginning to pay doctors for 'virtual visits' with patients. Vendors like McKesson-owned RelayHealth, mainstay EMR vendor Epic Systems and Read more...

You know, folks, here at FierceMarkets we've noticed that every time the word "Google" appears in a headline, people seem much more interested in the story. I'd say that the term "Google" easily Read more...

An Allentown, Pa.-based hospital has invested in technology designed to integrate medical data gathered on mothers and babies between labor and delivery. The system, developed by McKesson, allows Read more...

> Health data giant McKesson Corp. is acquiring Awarix Inc., a smaller vendor that designs patient tracking software for hospitals. Read more...

Google's lengthening shadow

OK, realistically, every move Google makes creates something of a stir-inside or out of health IT. But in this case, Google is a bit more visible than usual. Not only is it …

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> A growing body of physician trade groups, business groups and corporations are endorsing the "patient-centered medical home" care delivery model, which relies on IT to streamline and coordinate multi-provider care. Article

> A Massachusetts physician-hospital collaborative has won a grant to fund an EMR for cardiac and diabetic patients. …

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