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McKesson's Interqual suite helps hospitals with RAC; Baxa corp. acquires ForHealth Technologies;Cardinal Health spinoff to be named CareFusion; New Picis products address IV, injection services

CIGNA signs $35M agreement with CGI Group;Community Health Plan integrates management;Minnesota Blues use IT to get members involved;Aetna expands Web tools

There’s more than one way to go green. Kevin Harris, director of IT at KSF Orthopaedics Center in Houston, picked virtualization.

So who exactly are these critics questioning the relationship between HIMSS and CCHIT?

Massachusetts has awarded $32.6 million in grants and increased Medicaid rate payments to 69 hospitals and community centers across the commonwealth. Some of the facilities will use the grants to upgrade technology.

Member physicians of South Jersey Healthcare, an integrated healthcare system offering hospital, ambulatory care and home healthcare services, will soon be offered electronic health records.

Integration capability weighs heavily on hospital executives replacing legacy lab systems and revenue management technology, according to two new reports from research firm KLAS.

A compilation of recent hires, promotions and moves in the healthcare information technology industry.

Clients challenged Integrated Informatics to come up with a better way to handle pharmacy orders without breaking the bank. In other words: "Fix our faxes, don't replace them."S...