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Now that the midterm elections are over, federal healthcare IT funding is likely to go untouched for now, one expert says.

The ConJoin Group, an IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) company, has acquired PHNS, a provider of healthcare IT and BPO services for $250M.

Agency will be ready to start meaningful use registration, attestation and payment systems by January, says CIO.

Veterans Affairs capitalizes on its stable patient population and healthcare mission to strengthen U.S. disease tracking.

GE Healthcare and the Medical College of Wisconsin have announced a collaboration on ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study early neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease and bipolar disorder, and to develop new brain imaging techniques for detecting disease before clinical symptoms are evident.

A registry of healthcare information on patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease could help physicians improve care for patients, according to a new study in Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN).

As they strive to meet meaningful use criteria, hospitals with fewer than 150 beds are focusing less on traditional community clinical information systems (CIS) vendors and more on the large vendors, according to a new KLAS report.

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eClinicalWorks, maker of ambulatory clinical systems, has announced eClinicalWorks Version 9.0. This single product version provides on-demand access to all eClinicalWorks complimentary solutions, thereby creating a comprehensive EHR for enhancing and improving the quality of care for patients.

Epocrates, Inc., announced Thursday a partnership with Covisint, a Compuware Company, that aims at helping doctors get paid for quality reporting.