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By GHIT Staff | 02:00 am | August 19, 2010
Mississippi and Shared Health offer electronic health record and e-prescribing for half million Medicaid beneficiaries.
By Mary Mosquera | 12:16 pm | August 18, 2010
Common data elements, standards are needed to share eligibility and enrollment info across insurance programs.
By Mike Miliard | 12:02 pm | August 18, 2010
A new research report from MarketsandMarkets (M&M), a U.S.-based global market research and consulting firm, shows that the telemedicine market in Brazil, Russia, India and China can be expected grow to nearly half a billion dollars in the coming years.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:31 am | August 18, 2010
A radiology professor is calling on radiologists across the country to mount a campaign against the overuse of medical imaging.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:19 am | August 18, 2010
Maine healthcare providers launched their first official telehealth summit on Tuesday with a message to the rest of the country: The first state to see the sun rise each day also aims to be one of the leaders in this rapidly growing healthcare delivery model.
By Brian Robinson | 11:01 am | August 18, 2010
Letter to state Medicaid directors lays out requirements for receiving matching funds, pushes integration with MMIS and technology framework.
By Mary Mosquera | 10:52 am | August 18, 2010
Health information exchanges cannot share sensitive patient information beyond a simple point-to-point exchange without first obtaining a patient's consent, concluded the federal privacy and security tiger team.
By Molly Merrill | 05:43 pm | August 17, 2010
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined a diverse group of statewide healthcare and technology agencies Tuesday at the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento to launch the California Telehealth Network (CTN), which is set to be the largest in the nation.
By Mary Mosquera | 04:10 pm | August 17, 2010
Health information exchanges cannot share patient health information beyond simple directed exchange without a patient's consent, privacy panel says.
By Brian Robinson | 02:10 pm | August 17, 2010
Federal and state officials say IT projects are key to putting Medicaid services on par with 'doing business with Amazon.'