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State Dept. has requested vendor information about ambulatory EHRs for clinics serving diplomatic and federal employees in 170 countries.
The Utah Health Information Network (UHIN) has announced a new pilot program to connect rural healthcare providers in the Moab, Utah region with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve access and coordination of patient care for veterans and service members living in rural areas.
The American Hospital Association is urging the Office of the National Coordinator to relax its rules on meaningful use so EHRs do not have to be certified against all 24 criteria, arguing that the requirement is inconsistent since hospitals are required to report on 19 measures.
Picis has been awarded a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contract to implement an anesthesia record keeping (ARK) system in the Stars & Stripes Healthcare Network, a Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) serving Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia.
To best meet the goals of optimized, coordinated patient care and also help curb costs, physicians should be at the center of accountable care organizations (ACOs), the American Medical Association told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in a Dec. 2 letter.
CoActiv has announced a new EXAM-PACS donation program for qualifying educational institutions with accredited radiologic technologist training programs.
Utah Health Information Network will connect rural providers in order to exchange veterans' health records with VA using the NHIN.
The Senate has passed a bill that exempts doctors, among other professionals, from the Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rule, which would have required them to develop and implement written identity theft prevention programs.
HHS unveils Healthy People 2020 national objectives, including increased health IT, health communications and broadband access.
Norton Healthcare, a Louisville, Ky.-based healthcare system, will use Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS) and Microsoft HealthVault to aggregate and mine data for its Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiative.