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By Diana Manos | 11:17 am | October 14, 2010
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has announced it will house the Network Coordinating Center for a newly established data-sharing collaborative organization, the Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Research Network.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:09 am | October 14, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to release significantly more health-related data in December to spur commercial development of new software applications designed to help patients, providers and policymakers make better healthcare decisions.
By Mary Mosquera | 05:22 pm | October 13, 2010
Chief technology officer Park lays out vision to 'flood market with data from HHS data vaults'.
By Jamie Thompson | 04:37 pm | October 13, 2010
As electronic health records become more prevalent, it becomes more difficult to choose an EHR that will remain relevant and usable well into the future. Jerry Buchanan of eMids Technologies, Inc., an IT consulting firm, shares the following five key components of the EHR of tomorrow.
By Kyle Hardy | 01:37 pm | October 13, 2010
The Dow Chemical Company has announced the deployment of a new EHR solution across its U.S.- and India-based facilities. Company officials said the new technology is part of a push to improve the quality of life for employees and the surrounding community.
By Mary Mosquera | 12:08 pm | October 13, 2010
VA's goal is to change the location of care from the hospital to the home via telephones, video conferencing and the Internet.
By Mike Miliard | 12:07 pm | October 13, 2010
The Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) and the New York City Health Department's Primary Care Information Project have partnered to develop a program to recognize physicians who deliver high-value primary care to adult patients in New York City.
By Mike Miliard | 11:56 am | October 13, 2010
In a project focused on improving evidence-based care by advancing natural language processing technologies, Nuance Communications, the maker of speech-recognition software, has announced a new collaboration with IBM.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:14 am | October 13, 2010
The Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) has gone live with data exchange statewide. CRISP officials call it a "major step" toward the delivery of critical health information to the right place at the right time.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:51 am | October 13, 2010
In its first report on specialty ambulatory electronic medical record systems, research firm KLAS digs into vendor performance by practice specialty.