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Federal meaningful use requirements spur large vendors to canvass small hospitals for new customers, says report.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded QuadraMed a five-year, $211 million contract to implement its Quantim coding, compliance and abstracting solution. The aim is to improve the VA healthcare system's coding productivity and accuracy through real-time compliance monitoring and customizable billing processes.

AT&T on Thursday announced a new practice area and portfolio of specialized services that seek to harness IT to help improve patient care and reduce medical costs nationwide.

Medical practices have work to do when it comes to conducting risk analysis - an objective required for meeting meaningful use - according to the 2010 HIMSS Security Survey.

ECRI Institute has been awarded a multi-year contract from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to establish the first national Healthcare Horizon Scanning System. The new system will identify and monitor new healthcare technologies that promise significant impact on patient care and health outcomes.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants industry help in digitizing clinical quality measures so healthcare providers can send them to CMS directly from their electronic health record systems.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced 40 percent more funding to support states in streamlining and upgrading their Medicaid eligibility systems and health information exchanges.

Funds to help states build insurance exchanges to enroll people qualifying for Medicaid, children's health and other reduced cost plans.

CMS wants industry help to come up with technical descriptions to ease reporting of electronic quality measures.

As part of an effort to build and sustain a top-notch healthcare IT workforce in Georgia, leaders from the public and private sector have organized the Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) Leadership Summit.