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NewsLouisiana launches statewide HIE
The Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum has officially launched the Louisiana Health Information Exchange (LaHIE). The exchange, which uses Orion Health as its primary technology vendor, is currently Read more...
Rural hospitals will get financial help for IT implementation
Rural hospitals and providers will have access to capital loan dollars from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) for health IT implementation, President Barack Obama announced at Read more...
Verizon opens HIE services to imaging, test results, small providers
Verizon Communications is making a broader push into health IT by expanding its cloud-based Verizon Medical Data Exchange to support interoperability of digital images and test results, in addition Read more...
FCC urged to reconsider narrowing of 'rural hospital' definition
Three entities serving healthcare or handling healthcare data are among the final 14 recipients of Department of Commerce stimulus funding to increase broadband access and adoption in underserved Read more...
HHS awards $20 million to support rural EHR adoption
HHS is hoping to help 1,655 critical-access and rural hospitals in 41 states and on several Indian reservations adopt EHRs with $20 million in new technical-assistance funding through the Regional Read more...
Most hospitals would struggle to meet meaningful use now
Unless significant progress has been made in the last year and continues into 2011, few hospitals will achieve "meaningful use" of EHRs and earn Medicare and Medicaid bonus payments, a new study Read more...
Market for EMRs forecast to reach $5.4B by 2015
The North American market for EMR systems will grow to $5.4 billion annually by 2015, according to a forecast from Global Industry Analysts. By contrast, European spending on EMRs will reach just Read more...
Rural Idaho hospital succeeds with IT by reaching out to all departments
A cash-strapped, 18-bed community hospital in an isolated, rural part of Idaho with many employees who had never touched a computer is an unlikely candidate for health IT success. But thanks to a Read more...
| Press ReleasesSimpler® Consulting to Present at AHA Rural Health Care Leadership ConferenceAttendees Will Learn Best Practices to Implement a Lean Management Culture PITTSBURGH, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Simpler® Consulting, L.P., a leading global management consulting firm, today announced Read more >> Anthelio and Healthland Partner to Implement Electronic Health Records for Rural Community and Critical Access HospitalsAnthelio Provides EHR, Clinical and Migration Expertise to Help Rural Community and Critical Access Hospitals Significantly Improve Patient Care and Efficiency DALLAS & MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS Read more >> Hospitals in Rural Texas Improve Patient Care and Achieve Stage 1 Meaningful Use with Healthland EHR SolutionHealthland helps rural hospitals maintain independence, preserving local healthcare for rural Americans MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Healthland, America's market leader of healthcare information Read more >> Healthland Electronic Health Record Solution Helps Rural Hospitals in Mississippi and Louisiana Achieve Stage 1 MeanFive more Healthland clients approved for funding under Medicare EHR Incentive Program MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Healthland, America's market leader of healthcare information technology Read more >> Healthland Electronic Health Records Solution Helps Johnson Memorial Hospital Achieve Stage 1 Meaningful UseHealthland client to receive funding under Medicare EHR Incentive Program MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Healthland, America's market leader of healthcare information technology solutions for rural Read more >> |
