Published by patricia on 27 Feb 2008
Spending on Healthcare Information Technology Inches Up (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Spending on information technology by the nation’s hospitals and physicians is expected to rise only slightly this year as many healthcare providers appear to be holding out for federal financial assistance before buying the latest IT systems for their facilities.
Published by patricia on 26 Feb 2008
Misys Receives Preliminary 2007 CCHIT Certification for the Misys MyWay Solution and Recertification for Misys EMR … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ORLANDO, Fla.—-Misys Healthcare Systems, a market leader in healthcare IT, today announced that the Misys MyWay 2008 solution and Misys EMR 9.10 software have received pre-market, conditionally certified status from the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology and meets the Commission’s ambulatory electronic health record criteria for 2007.
Published by patricia on 25 Feb 2008
Spending on Healthcare Information Technology Inches Up (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Spending on information technology by the nation’s hospitals and physicians is expected to rise only slightly this year as many healthcare providers appear to be holding out for federal financial assistance before buying the latest IT systems for their facilities.
Published by patricia on 19 Feb 2008
Bergen Regional Medical Center Selects Emerging Health Information Technology to Evaluate and Design IT Strategy (Centre Daily Times)
Emerging Health Information Technology, a provider of healthcare professional services and IT-based solutions, announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract to lead Bergen Regional Medical Center (BRMC), New Jersey’s largest hospital, through the evaluation and design of processes, workflows and technology for clinical and business information systems at the 1070-bed Paramus facility. …
Published by patricia on 14 Feb 2008
Groups call for passage of health IT legislation (InfoWorld)
The U.S. Congress needs to pass health care IT legislation before private companies develop multiple systems that don’t talk to each other, two advocacy groups said Tuesday. Members of the Health IT Now Coalition and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) urged Congress to move ahead with health IT legislation such as the Promoting Health Information Technology Act . The bill …
Published by patricia on 13 Feb 2008
Founding CEOS of SureScripts(R) and RxHub(R) Join Forces to Deliver Clinical Information Technology Services to … (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Prematics today announced that it has named Kevin Hutchinson, one of the nation’s most respected experts in health information technologies and the former president and chief executive officer of SureScripts, to lead the company’s next phase of growth as president and CEO.
Published by patricia on 12 Feb 2008
Homer Memorial Hospital Selects HMS to Provide Information Technology Infrastructure (Centre Daily Times)
Healthcare Management Systems, Inc.(R) (HMS) announced today that it was selected by Homer Memorial Hospital to supply a full system of clinical and financial software. Homer Memorial Hospital, a 50-bed facility in Homer, La., is among many healthcare facilities facing the need to add an electronic health records product in order to meet state and federal mandates, streamline billing and …
Published by patricia on 12 Feb 2008
SecureCare Engages Mercom Capital Group for Public Relations Services (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mercom Capital Group, llc, an Austin-based investor and public relations firm, has been engaged by SecureCare Technologies, Inc., a health care information technology company, also based in Austin, to launch its public relations initiatives and drive awareness of the company’s latest product offerings.