Bernie Monegain

A healthcare system in Tacoma, Wash., a women's center in Virginia, a network of community health centers in the Bronx and a health center called Heart of Texas will all receive the 2009 HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence.

Three out of every four insurance claims from healthcare providers are being submitted electronically to AmeriHealth New Jersey - an increase of 50 percent over the past three years, according to the insurer.

With 2009 designated by the Obama administration as the year of healthcare transformation, organizers say National Health IT Week delivers a timely message on the potential for healthcare information technology to improve the nation's healthcare system.

Perot Systems has signed a 10-year, $18 million contract to provide IT outsourcing and electronic health records implementation for India-based Max Healthcare.

The Premier healthcare alliance has contracted with San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies to offer its 2,200 hospital members mobile healthcare information technology to boost obstetrical (OB) care.

Joe Fortuna, chairman-elect of the healthcare division of the American Society of Quality, spoke to the 21st Century Health Care Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) and the openEHR Foundation will work together to develop clinical content for the electronic health record.

The Ochsner Health System, one of the largest non-university based physician-training centers in the country, has gone live with a new anesthesia information and drug management system at 41 locations.

The heads of the federal Health IT Standards Committee, Jonathan Perlin and John Halamka, moved the panel at its meeting this morning to the next phase of work – guidance for implementation.

The Galway Clinic, a 126-bed hospital in Ireland, is implementing a data archiving and management solution to support its move toward an electronic health record.