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Detroit Medical Center executives say they have achieved improved patient safety and saved $5 million to boot, thanks to DMC's system-wide electronic medical system.
HealthInfoNet, the nonprofit organization managing the Health Information Exchange (HIE) for the State of Maine, announced Monday that it will partner with Health Language, Inc. (HLI) as it transitions from a two-year demonstration project to a full statewide HIE implementation.
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, a 431-bed facility in Syracuse, N.Y., on Aug. 27, helped its neighbor Welch Allyn, a global manufacturer of medical diagnostic equipment headquartered in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., unveil what they both billed as a cure for vital sign documentation.
The U.S. ambulatory EHR market, which was at $1.3 billion in 2009, is forecast to reach $2.6 billion in 2012, according to new analysis from research firm Frost & Sullivan.
The Health IT Policy Committee has created a task force to pursue the use of directories across state HIEs to support provider and patient look-up as well as to enhance public health reporting.
Health IT policymakers discuss assembling electronic directories to operate across state health information exchanges.
The convergence of personal health records and mobile communication devices may offer the right tool to engage consumers to use technology for self-care, taking cost out of the healthcare system, according to a new Deloitte Issue Brief from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
Spending on state and local health IT systems will increase by 19 percent over the next five years, forecasts a new report from market research firm INPUT.
Systems integrator will test new features of the NHIN for real world uses including secure health record sharing.
The GasthuisZusters Antwerpen (GZA) Hospital Group in Belgium has implemented a new temperature monitoring solution across its three hospitals to monitor and manage the temperature in refrigerators that contain temperature-sensitive items, such as pharmaceuticals and blood.