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Cloud computing in healthcare: the question is not if, but when
From the big technology vendors--Microsoft, Google, IBM, AT&T, et al.--comes the drumbeat of exhortations: "to the cloud, to the cloud!" Some industries have already decided that that's the way
EHR vendor cooperation vital to interoperability workgroup
The agreement by seven states, eight electronic health record vendors, and three health information exchange vendors on an initial set of standards for exchanging health data is a major step toward
RFID tags linked to EHRs help keep track of ED patients
Electronic health record vendor Meditech and real-time location system (RTLS) vendor Awarepoint have collaborated on a product that integrates RTLS with EHRs to help hospitals run their emergency
Most ED info system vendors can't deliver Meaningful Use for providers
Out of roughly 500 providers surveyed by market research firm KLAS, 80 percent reported that they plan to use their Emergency Department Information Systems (EDIS) to meet the Medicare incentive
Dell steps into mHealth with Meditech
Making a decisive move into the mobile environment, hardware behemoth Dell has revealed a new mobile program specifically for Meditech. The "mobile clinical computing" or Meditech MCC program takes
Meditech to expand reach by acquiring LSS
Meditech, one of the largest vendors of hospital information systems in the U.S., has announced that it will acquire its long-time ambulatory care partner, LSS. The plans of many hospital systems to
EHR vendors certified for Meaningful Use
Four vendors of EHR software designed for inpatient or ambulatory use recently had specific versions of their products certified as meeting meaningful use requirements under the Medicare and Medicaid
Community hospitals increasingly look to large EMR vendors
Smaller hospitals increasingly are looking to the big clinical information systems vendors for their EMR and other point-of-care IT needs, mainly because they believe the vendors that have
ARRA fueled doubling of 2009 EMR sales
Fueled by the prospect of federal incentive payments courtesy of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, sales of acute-care EMRs to large hospitals nearly doubled in 2009, according to health IT
Cost of EMR ownership often much higher than expected
Surprise, surprise! Even as buyers have grown more savvy and able to find a cost-effective EMR, the true cost of ownership of an acute-care EMR often is far higher than expected, KLAS Enterprises
