Published by patricia on 29 Jan 2010
Pick-Up In Health-Care Deals Seen As Overhaul Plan Stalls (Nasdaq)
Significant health-care deals, largely on pause for the past 18 months, are poised to pick up now that the threat of major industry-wide changes from U.S. health-care overhaul legislation has diminished.
Published by patricia on 28 Jan 2010
Health IT Helps Practices Grow, Improve Patient Care (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Can an electronic health record, or EHR, system really benefit a primary care practice? Can health information technology, or health IT, help physicians in solo and group practices run more efficient and profitable businesses and provide top-notch care to patients of all ages? AAFP News Now recently talked to four family physicians who said their practices and their patients are reaping the …
Published by patricia on 27 Jan 2010
Colorado Business (Denver Post)
Ciber Federal, a division of Greenwood Village-based Ciber Inc., announced that it was part of a team that won the National Aeronautical and Space Administration Marshal Space Flight Center Information Technology Services Contract. Ciber will provide more than 60 workers for five years, generating revenues exceeding $26 million.
Published by patricia on 26 Jan 2010
HHS preparing to award $50M for Health IT Research Center (Federal Computer Week)
HHS is preparing to launch its Health IT Research Center devoted to meaningful use of electronic health records under the economic stimulus law.
Published by patricia on 25 Jan 2010
V.A. Medical Center, Wood River Health Services offer health care (The Providence Journal)
The Providence VA Medical Center recently contracted with Wood River Health Services in Hope Valley to provide outreach and health-care service to veterans who live in the Washington County and nearby Connecticut.
Published by patricia on 22 Jan 2010
Grassley Says Bugs In Health IT Software Endangering Patients, Other HIT News (Medical News Today)
RadioIowa reports that Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley says hospital officials around the country are seeing bugs in new health information technology software that are putting patients at risk. “‘Over the last few months, concerns have been brought to my attention including administrative complications, formatting and usability issues, errors in interoperability,’ Grassley says. ‘Some health care …
Published by patricia on 21 Jan 2010
Hospitals asked to report problems with e-health records (Computerworld)
Computerworld – The ranking member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee this week asked 31 hospitals and health-care systems to provide feedback on problems with computer systems associated with the government’s efforts to incent the rollout of electronic health records (EHR).
Published by patricia on 20 Jan 2010
Patient Access Solutions to Further Target the $55 Billion Annual Home Health Care Market (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Patient Access Solutions, Inc. , an emerging provider of healthcare/financial processing technologies that provide the healthcare industry a graceful migration to Electronic Medical Records , today announced it will be introducing several new initiatives to further enhance its positioning within the home health care market. These initiatives will include strategic product …
Published by patricia on 18 Jan 2010
Kaiser, VA Join to Give E-health Efforts a Boost (Network World)
The department of veterans affairs and Kaiser Permanente are engaged in a successful pilot program through which they share patients’ electronic health records. It’s the latest in what is expected to be a flood of EHR projects.
Published by patricia on 15 Jan 2010
Report on global healthcare information technology market (News-Medical-Net)
The healthcare information technology report forecasts the size of global healthcare information technology market over the period 2009 – 2014.