Health Information Technology News

MarketsandMarkets: Healthcare Information Technology Systems Market to be Worth $53.8 Billion by 2014: (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The healthcare information technology report forecasts the size of global healthcare information technology market over the period 2009 – 2014. The report analyses the key trends of the market, and segments the global healthcare information technology market by components and into various geographic regions .

How the health IT gold rush game will be played (ZDNet)
Health IT markets will not be driven by speeds and feeds, or feature comparisons. They will be driven by the power of large regional institutions to dictate what both public and private groups in their area do.

Cerner and MU work toward collaboration (Maneater)
MU hopes to gain prominence in health information technology.

VITL and Allscripts to Form Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Adoption of Electronic Health Records in Vermont (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc., the non-profit organization facilitating the expanded use of health information technology in Vermont, and Allscripts , the leading U.S. health information technology provider with a major facility located in South Burlington, Vermont, today announced their intention to enter into a strategic alliance.

Dell Pays 68% Premium for Perot s Health Technology (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — Dell Inc. s proposed $3.9 billion buyout of Perot Systems Corp. reflects the second-largest personal-computer maker s ambitions in the market for health- care information technology.

Gibbons signs order on how to use a health information technology network in Nevada (Reno Gazette-Journal)
CARSON CITY (AP) Gov. Jim Gibbons has signed an executive order creating a state task force to recommend how to implement a health information technology network in Nevada.

Stocks trim losses as tech, health care recover (The Post-Journal)
NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks are mostly lower but off their lows at midday, buoyed by small gains in technology and health care shares. News of Dell’s plans to buy information technology company Perot Systems for $3.9 billion is helping to lift some tech shares. However, a rising dollar is igniting a sharp sell-off in commodities like oil and gold, which is weighing on energy and material stocks.

Van Eperen Public Relations is a Proud Partner in National Health IT Week 2009 (September 21-25) (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Van Eperen Public Relations (VE PR), www.vepublicrelations.com, today announced it is joining 75 public and private sector organizations in Washington, D.C., to participate in the Fourth Annual National Health IT Week, September 21-September 25. The goal of National Health IT Week is to educate and create awareness of health information technology to help reform …

Health Management Technology News (Health Management Technology)
VCR? what ‘ s that? Health Management Technology is your source for Healthcare Information Technology Systems Solutions, Clinical Information, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, PHR, EHR, EDIS , FIS, AHIMA, HIMSS, AHIP, TEPR, RSNA, HFMA, HIPAA, CCHIT, ONCHIT and HHS.

Health IT panel approves intermediaries for data (Federal Computer Week)
Health and Human Services Department’s Health IT Standards Committee has adopted a framework for the flow of patient data to be collected and aggregated to measure the quality of care.