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By Mike Miliard | 12:00 pm | September 24, 2010
Hyland Software announced Friday that it had purchased privately-held Computer Systems Company, Inc., a Strongsville, Ohio-based provider of business and clinical healthcare software and document conversion services.
By Mike Miliard | 11:31 am | September 24, 2010
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, alongside the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, has sent a joint letter to Regional Extension Center project officers nationwide, pledging assistance in achieving an electronically enabled healthcare system.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:18 am | September 24, 2010
Senate Appropriations Committee directs DOD and VA to report on plans to coordinate their EHR modernization projects.
By Mary Mosquera | 05:45 pm | September 23, 2010
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to correct a few inconsistencies in the meaningful use final rule it published in July and will post on its Web site more detailed guidance for providers on how to meet quality measures required by the health IT incentive program.
By Molly Merrill | 05:37 pm | September 23, 2010
It's not ARRA incentives that are encouraging doctors buy EHRs: rather, they're making the purchase because they want more efficiency in their practices, according to a new study.
By Mike Miliard | 02:02 pm | September 23, 2010
Carestream Health has announced that its new cesium iodide CARESTREAM DRX-1C detector is now available around the world in countries where it is approved for use.
By Mary Mosquera | 01:47 pm | September 23, 2010
At meeting, health IT meaningful use panel also sketches out ideas for setting 2013 incentive measures.
By Mike Miliard | 12:19 pm | September 23, 2010
Six months after it was signed into law, key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act go into effect today. WebMD has launched a new online resource to help Americans better understand those healthcare reform specifics.
By Molly Merrill | 12:01 pm | September 23, 2010
Tidewater Community College (TCC), one of five health IT education consortiums in the U.S., is launching its Health Information Technology (Health IT) Workforce Development Program next week.
By Mike Miliard | 11:55 am | September 23, 2010
Health Language, Inc. (HLI), a maker of medical terminology management software, and HCL Technologies, a global IT services provider based in India, have joined forces to put HLI's Language Engine to work as part of HCL's end-to-end ICD-10 conversion solution.