Health Information Technology News

eClinicalWorks EMR Receives 08 CCHIT Certification (Centre Daily Times)
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT(R)) today announced that eClinicalWorks’s product eClinicalWorks EMR Version 8.0 is a CCHIT Certified(R) 08 Ambulatory EHR, additionally certified for Child Health Production, and meets the Certification Commission’s electronic health record (EHR) criteria for office-based use. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician …

Clinic honored for electronic records (Stevens Point Journal)
MARSFIELD — The Marshfield Clinic information technology department has won awards for its electronic health records system in the past, but now it has earned one outside its industry.

Springs 06 growth was the weakest of state s 7 metro areas (Colorado Springs Gazette)
Economic growth in the Colorado Springs area slowed in 2006 to the weakest among Colorado’s seven metropolitan areas amid a slowdown in the local housing market and manufacturing and information technology industries, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

AHIP Statement on Employer Health Benefits Survey (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Health Insurance Premiums Grew 5 Percent in 2008

SXC Health Solutions to present at the JMP Securities Healthcare Focus Conference (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
SXC Health Solutions Corp. , a leading provider of pharmacy benefits management services, announces that Jeff Park, EVP Finance and CFO, will present at the JMP Securities Healthcare Focus Conference at Le Parker Meridien in New York City.

ON THE MOVE: Episcopal names director of health information management and IT (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
A Greece woman has been promoted to director of director of health information management and IT for Episcopal SeniorLife Communities.

Experts Debate shape of Health Reform (HispanicBusiness.com)
ORLANDO — Use tax credits to pay for health insurance policies? Cover everyone one way or another, including through insurance that federal employees get? Can there be any common agreement about how to reform healthcare in America?

Telecomm’s Commissioner to stand down temporarily (Scoop.co.nz)
The Minister of Commerce and the Minister of Communications and Information Technology have today agreed that Dr Ross Patterson will be taking a leave of absence from the Commerce Commission for health reasons.

Dell Sees Further Softening in Global Information Technology Demand (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ROUND ROCK, Texas—-When Dell announced Q2 financial results on Aug. 28, 2008, it reported continued conservatism in IT spending in the U.S., which had extended into Western Europe and several countries in Asia.

Avera Health System to Present at the Fall Collaborative Communications Summit Transforming Health Care through Health … (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The Fall Collaborative Communications Summit: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology announces that the Avera Health System Chief Information Officer and Director of Telehealth will present a case study that will take place at the fall summit this October 27-28, 2008 at the Sofitel Los Angeles.