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NewsAllscripts contest aims to create EHR-agnostic CDS tool
Allscripts has launched a Million Hearts Initiative Clinical Decision Support Challenge, aligned with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Million Hearts campaign to prevent 1 million Read more...
Ken Kizer: 'Government can provide efficient, high-quality healthcare'
Despite touting the merits of government influence on healthcare, former Medsphere CEO Ken Kizer--who was integral in pushing electronic health records at the Department of Veteran's Affairs in the Read more...
Report calls for VA to continue on open-source track with VistA upgrade
As the Department of Veterans Affairs modernizes its successful but aging Veterans Health Information System and Technology Architecture (VistA) clinical system, an IT industry group is recommending Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Order sets improve compliance with best practices
A multi-hospital collaboration in Canada was able to reduce inpatient length of stay by nearly a full day, cut unscheduled readmissions in half and improve compliance with best practices by Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Kolodner joining open-source consortium
Former national health IT coordinator Dr. Robert Kolodner, a key figure in building out the VistA system at Veterans Health Administration over many years, has surfaced as chief health information Read more...
Forum: IT won't help much until practices shift operations
Health IT experts at a forum sponsored by the Brookings Institute last week gathered to discuss how IT use could be accelerated and integrated within the healthcare system. But along the way, they Read more...
California HealthCare Foundation donates $10M in code to open source effort
The California HealthCare Foundation this week agreed to turn over key components from the software behind a $10 million health information exchange project it put together a few years ago to an open Read more...
ALSO NOTED: ACOP develops IT for "medical homes"; Harris gets NHIN gateway contract; and much more...
> The American College of Physicians has gotten a $50,000 grant that it plans to use to develop physician IT tools in order to support the development of the "medical home" model. Read more...
Microsoft renaming, upgrading healthcare offerings
Hoping to develop a stronger presence in the healthcare arena, Microsoft has renamed its enterprise healthcare technology products--and has set plans to integrate and upgrade them over the next year Read more...
IBM, Mayo Clinic partner on imaging research
A chip that's mostly known for powering the Playstation 3 console will soon be put to use in new medical imaging applications. Under a new partnership, IBM is working with the Mayo Clinic to find new Read more...
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