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Two European organizations say healthcare IT is critical in the fight against chronic disease. The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry and Association Internationale de la Mutualite have announced a partnership to improve chronic disease management.
Greenway Medical Technologies, a developer of electronic health record technology for physician practices, has acquired imaging technology and certain other assets from VisualMED, an imaging conversion and communications firm. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Software integration firm will help add new services to federally funded health info exchange gateway.
Vangent, Inc., a provider of information management and strategic business process technology, has been awarded a $15.6 million contract by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology.
The online health-information environment is going mobile, particularly among younger adults, according to a new report by Pew Internet & American Life Project.
The federal government is already at work on second and third stages of meaningful use requirements, according to David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health information technology.
Using Computed Tomography Colonography (CTC) and teleradiology, providers in rural areas can with "minimal effort" bring colorectal cancer screening to their patients, according to the author of a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will pay Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide to build a marketing campaign around comparative effectiveness research.
Health IT policy members discuss putting finishing touches on first stage meaningful use policies and procedures.
"Is HITECH working?" That was the question posed by Vince Kuraitis, principal of Better Health Technologies, at the Mobile Health Expo in Las Vegas on Wednesday.