Mike Miliard
"Wireless devices are the number one means of communication today," said Kelley Carr, president of the Custom Solutions Group of Manchester, N.H.-based CSI, which specializes in the design and implementation of in-building wireless solutions. Carr spoke at a workshop at the Mobile Health Expo at Caesar's Palace Tuesday.
Emdeon, a provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management solutions, has been awarded a subcontract from CSC to provide IT services on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense Pharmacy Operations Directorate for the Pharmacy Data Transaction Service (PDTS).
HP Enterprise Services has been awarded a task order worth up to $26 million by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain its Integrated Data Repository (IDR) and provide data quality services to improve the accuracy of Medicare payment data.
GE Healthcare has successfully linked its electronic medical records (EMR) solution with several non-GE inpatient systems, providing a single view of the patient record that will go beyond the requirements of meaningful use.
In a move aimed to help the healthcare industry accelerate the use of electronic medical records, Verizon is expanding its Medical Data Exchange platform to allow the sharing of more types of digital patient health information.
The Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) and the New York City Health Department's Primary Care Information Project have partnered to develop a program to recognize physicians who deliver high-value primary care to adult patients in New York City.
In a project focused on improving evidence-based care by advancing natural language processing technologies, Nuance Communications, the maker of speech-recognition software, has announced a new collaboration with IBM.
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Army Medical Department's healthcare construction projects, including the modernization of the Army's current medical facilities and the transition to newly constructed facilities.
Vocera Communications, which makes point-of-care communication solutions for hospitals, announced two new acquisitions on Tuesday: Clinical Health Communications and Integrated Voice Solutions.
MedPlus, the health information technology subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics, has announced it is partnering with HP to facilitate and simplify electronic health record (EHR) adoption for physician practices nationwide.