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By Bernie Monegain | 11:03 am | June 24, 2010
DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance, a member association that represents healthcare stakeholders, including healthcare information technology personnel, will write the health promotion and wellness section of an online guide to value-based healthcare purchasing.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:43 am | June 24, 2010
The board of directors of Indiana Health Information Technology, Inc. (IHIT) is soliciting project ideas for the $10.3 million federal grant the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration received in March.
By Mary Mosquera | 10:17 am | June 24, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded George Washington University a $1 million contract to study various healthcare reimbursement incentive approaches used by large government and commercial payers.
By GHIT Staff | 09:47 pm | June 23, 2010
Patients in four rural Colorado communities will be equipped with some of the most adavnced telehealth services in the country.
By GHIT Staff | 09:31 pm | June 23, 2010
HIE HealthBridge launches the Tri-State Regional Extension Center to help 1,700 providers take up electronic health records.
By Mary Mosquera | 04:36 pm | June 23, 2010
Department to explore using health IT as a means to shift quality incentives at federal safety net clinics.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:17 pm | June 23, 2010
The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners Healthcare, announced Wednesday encouraging initial findings from a medication adherence study, using a wireless electronic pill bottle to remind patients with high blood pressure to take their medication.
By Mike Miliard | 12:02 pm | June 23, 2010
HealthBridge, a not-for-profit health information exchange serving the Greater Cincinnati tri-state area, has launched its new Tri-State Regional Extension Center, which will help more than 1,700 physicians and other medical professionals switch from paper to electronic health records.
By Mike Miliard | 11:09 am | June 23, 2010
Soon after implementing an emergency department information system (EDIS) from Addison, Texas-based MEDHOST, Beaufort Memorial Hospital began achieving significant financial returns and seeing operational improvements.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:39 am | June 23, 2010
The U.S. healthcare system comes in last for performance among seven industrialized nations, despite spending the most, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The researchers note that healthcare reform and uptake of health information technology hold promise for the future.