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Patients worry about not being able to access their paper medical records when they need them the most, placing that above concerns about whether their records contain inaccuracies or are stolen, according to a new survey.
Preventing patient data breaches is cited as the number one priority for healthcare IT decision makers, but work remains for complying with security regulations, according to a national survey that examines IT trends in healthcare.
With states either submitting or receiving approval from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT of their strategic and operational plans for statewide HIEs, the HIE market is booming for vendors.
A license and reseller agreement for Noridian's EXACT software will provide Emdeon with a key interface to federal systems and Medicaid Management Information Systems.
The Ingenix buying spree marches on. In its third major acquisition in less than a month - after its purchase of Picis and Executive Health Resources - the firm, which is the health IT division of UnitedHealth Group, announced on Monday that it is adding San Jose, Calif-based Axolotl to the fold.
An HHS panel recommends building on existing federal standards, Web services and electronic interfaces for state health insurance exchange systems.
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology's ViPS, a contract to support the Department of Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP). The total contract is worth $80.3 million over four years if all options are exercised.
Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs continued to lose mobile devices in July, but the number of overall security breaches the department experienced declined slightly from the previous month, according to VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker.
Forty health systems have joined the Premier healthcare alliance Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Readiness Collaborative to improve community health using healthcare IT infrastructure, according to Premier president and CEO Susan DeVore.
As hospitals across the country strive to roll out electronic medical records and cope with an estimated shortage of more than 50,000 information technology professionals, Duke University is expanding its informatics programs.