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The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) and the openEHR Foundation will work together to develop clinical content for the electronic health record.

In light of a growing economy, Ghana’s healthcare sector has seen a high demand for medical imaging technology.

The Ochsner Health System, one of the largest non-university based physician-training centers in the country, has gone live with a new anesthesia information and drug management system at 41 locations.

athenahealth, Inc., a provider of Web-based business services to physician practices, has launched a new program designed to incentivize the use of its EHR system through the federal stimulus plan.

The heads of the federal Health IT Standards Committee, Jonathan Perlin and John Halamka, moved the panel at its meeting this morning to the next phase of work – guidance for implementation.

Hospitals using a patient monitoring system developed by Masimo are reporting a decrease in preventable patient deaths and injuries.

The Galway Clinic, a 126-bed hospital in Ireland, is implementing a data archiving and management solution to support its move toward an electronic health record.

Healthcare providers may not yet have a solid definition for 'meaningful use' of IT, but they do know security will play a role. With Monday’s acquisition of BeyondTrust, Symark International is looking to position itself in that field.

The Hospital of Saint Raphael’s Faculty Practice Plan in New Haven, Conn. has deployed software designed to measure practice performance as well as provide revenue management and operational improvements.

St. Vincent Health of Indianapolis has expanded its use of MedAssets' revenue cycle management products in an effort to improve financial performance.