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athenahealth, Inc., the provider of Web-based billing software and services for physician practices, has announced the launch of its athenaCommunicator, a patient communication program that's fully integrated with athenahealth’s physician practice management and electronic health record (EHR) services.

Homerton University Hospital in London has installed three CARESTREAM DRX-1 Systems, which feature a wireless, cassette sized detector. The hospital, located just two miles from the main Olympic venues, will be able to image athletes with the new DR technology in half the time.

Last month’s bankruptcy filing by one of the nation’s largest medical transcription providers could touch off a bidding war for the company’s assets.

Leaders at the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA) announced Tuesday they have published a free business associate agreement to help providers comply with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

3M Health Information Systems has introduced a new mobile application for the BlackBerry and other Windows mobile smartphones designed to facilitate physician diction.

Public comments will play a major role in defining meaningful use of healthcare IT, according to federal officials. Healthcare IT News encourages you to share those comments with other readers.

Premier healthcare alliance, which encompasses 2,300 not-for profit hospitals and health systems and more than 63,000 other healthcare organizations, addressed healthcare reform in a letter to Congressional leadership Jan. 12.

The Medical Group Management Association's point man in Washington, D.C., says most of the groups the MGMA represents would not be eligible for government incentives for adopting and using an electronic health record by 2011.

Motorola rolls out MT2000 bar code scanners HOLTSVILLE, NY – Motorola, Inc.

September 10 - 11 - The Northwest Medical Informatics Symposium, Spokane, Wash.