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GE has announced an initiative for developing wireless medical monitoring systems, or body-sensor networks (BSN). The new systems would replace the tangle of bedside cables used to capture a patient's vital signs.
The Delaware Health Information Network, live since March 2007 and a participant in the Nationwide Health Information Network trial implementations, is now preparing for its next transition.
Three Indiana and Ohio organizations are now sending clinical test results, reports and other medical information through their health information exchanges, a first in the country.
Garden City Hospital has upgraded its emergency department system with the addition of an electronic health record.
The Center for Technology and Aging has released guidelines for a $500,000 grants program aimed at using technology to help reduce patients' failure to adhere to prescribed medication regimens.
Most healthcare providers in Europe have some kind of information system in place, though few have a fully integrated and functional hospital information system. To create more potential in the market, governments have stepped in to stimulate growth in HIS systems.
Federal stimulus funding is driving electronic medical record implementations, and state and local governments are increasing their health IT budgets, according to recent reports.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has announced two recipients of the 2009 HIMSS Davies Public Health Award of Excellence.
Bridge Community Health Clinic in Wausau, Wis., plans to automate both the clinical and business sides of its clinic with practice management technology rolled out in July and an electronic medical records system slated to go live by the end of the year.
The American Health Information Management Association Foundation has landed a one-year, $1.2 million grant from the Office of the National Coordinator to continue the State-level Health Information Exchange (SL-HIE) Consensus Project.