Published by patricia on 28 Mar 2008
Paterson Grants Funds for RHIO (R News)
State funding is allowing patient information to go high tech. Governor Paterson announced $105 million in health information technology grants. Part of that money will go toward a program he personally supports.
Published by patricia on 26 Mar 2008
Advertisement starts (Tiscali)
solely by what it considered was in the best interests of completing work on a 12 billion pound information technology upgrade for Britain s public health system.
Published by patricia on 25 Mar 2008
digiChart, Inc.’s OB-GYN Version 7.0 Receives 2007 CCHIT Certification (Centre Daily Times)
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT(R)) today announced that digiChart’s OB-GYN Version 7.0 is CCHIT Certified(R), and meets the Commission’s ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2007. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare. The Certification Commission is an independent, …
Published by patricia on 24 Mar 2008
BOEING TO PROVIDE AIRPLANE HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO QANTAS (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 (Bernama) — The Boeing Company announced that Qantas Airways fleet of 747-400 airplanes will be monitored by Boeing’s Airplane Health Management (AHM), a software system that helps airlines improve the management of unscheduled maintenance events.
Published by patricia on 21 Mar 2008
Harris Corporation Awarded Contract to Develop National Health Information Exchange Gateway for Sharing Patient Records (The San Francisco Examiner)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. ( Map ) – FALLS CHURCH, Va., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS ), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop and integrate an open-source, National Health Information Exchange Gateway solution.
Published by patricia on 20 Mar 2008
FOSE 2008 Announces ”FOSE For Schools” Charitable Program (Centre Daily Times)
FOSE 2008, the most comprehensive event for government information technology (IT) professionals, today announced that it is launching “FOSE for Schools,” a new program for 2008 that will donate technology products to the Washington, DC Public School (DCPS) system. Committed to giving back to the community, FOSE 2008 is working with its exhibitors and sponsors to secure charitable contributions …
Published by patricia on 18 Mar 2008
HHS Deputy Secretary Invites Toledo Community to Apply for an Innovative Electronic Health Record Demonstration Project (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
At a meeting today, HHS Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy encouraged community leaders to join together and apply for a new Medicare demonstration project that provides incentive payments for physicians use of certified electronic health records to improve patient care. The project, which will be open to small- and medium-sized primary care physician practices, is expected to reduce medical errors and …
Published by patricia on 17 Mar 2008
AHRQ Awards $5 Million to Help Integrate Clinical Decision Support Technologies Into Health Care Delivery (Newswise)
AHRQ has awarded $5 million for two new health information technology contracts that will focus on the development, adoption, implementation and evaluation of best practices using clinical decision support.
Published by patricia on 14 Mar 2008
Health IT Experts Say Incentives May Be Needed To Encourage Physicians To Adopt Electronic Systems (Medical News Today)
Health care information technology experts on Tuesday said that implementation of electronic health records and electronic prescribing will reduce costs by billions of dollars and save lives but added that health care providers might require financial incentives to adopt the technologies, CongressDaily reports.At a conference sponsored by the U.S.
Published by patricia on 12 Mar 2008
Civista Health Inc. Selects Phoenix Health Systems for Information Technology Outsourcing Services (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Phoenix Health Systems, a premier provider of integrated professional and technical services focused on the business goals of healthcare organizations, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Civista Health Inc. , to provide information technology infrastructure outsourcing services.