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HP Enterprise Services has been awarded a task order worth up to $26 million by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain its Integrated Data Repository (IDR) and provide data quality services to improve the accuracy of Medicare payment data.
The Collins Center for Public Policy examines the impact of the federal government's economic stimulus funding on Florida's healthcare system in a new report that also offers recommendations on how best to improve care.
Information technology and data mining capabilities had a role in dismantling what authorities are calling the largest Medicare fraud scheme ever, involving 73 members and associates of organized crime and more than $163 million in fraudulent billing.
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to expand its use of information technology and telecommunications - including mobile and landline phones and video conferencing - to deliver healthcare to aging veterans and others who suffer from chronic conditions, according to senior telehealth officials.
GE Healthcare has successfully linked its electronic medical records (EMR) solution with several non-GE inpatient systems, providing a single view of the patient record that will go beyond the requirements of meaningful use.
CRISP, the Maryland state-designated HIE, starts with eight participating hospitals, labs and radiology centers.
ONC's standards and certification rule did not include specifications to enable EHRs to exchange symptom surveillance data.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $12 million grant to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center for the creation of an inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) registry that will initially link 27 sites across the nation.
In a move aimed to help the healthcare industry accelerate the use of electronic medical records, Verizon is expanding its Medical Data Exchange platform to allow the sharing of more types of digital patient health information.
After receiving concerns from stakeholders, EHR technology developers and ONC-ATCBs about public health surveillance specifications for certified EHRs, the ONC issued an interim final rule requesting to remove the specs.