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With T SystemEV, Great Plains Regional Medical Center is now contributing emergency department (ED) health information to the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII), the nation's first and most successful statewide HIE organization.
Beacon communities assemble structure for healthcare improvement projects, technical support and reporting function, ONC says.
The fate of a bill that would exempt doctors and other providers from complying with the Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rule now rests in the hands of President Obama.
Healthcare CIOs cite CPOE capabilities as major hurdle to qualify for EHR incentives, according to CHIME survey.
GE Healthcare has announced a cost-effective, subscription-based library of online courses, through which nurses can receive continuing education credit in clinical care, leadership and development to help improve outcomes and lower costs.
With many of them citing CPOE capabilities as a major hurdle, the number of CIOs who expect their hospitals to qualify early for stimulus funding for EHR implementation has dropped by half, according to a recent survey by the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME).
Seventy-five hospitals/medical centers have been named to Security magazine's "2010 Security 500" list, which recognizes organizations worldwide for best-managed security practices.
The White House has called for a "universal exchange language" to enable healthcare providers to share health information in real time, in order to modernize and coordinate diagnosis and treatment while incorporating privacy and security of personal data.
Just as cable television can trace its roots back to CNN, Nashville's fast-growing healthcare IT sector got its start with HCA, Inc., the hospital company founded more than 40 years ago in Music City. Leaders who helped HCA rise to prominence shared their insights on Dec. 7 at the Nashville Health Care Council's panel discussion celebrating that group's 15th anniversary.
The United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) has applied the new '111' phone number for access to non-emergency national healthcare services.