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New Minnesota legislation places a deadline on providers to adopt electronic billing technology, making it the first state in the nation to do so, and setting the stage perhaps for others to follow.
Virtua, the largest integrated delivery network in southern New Jersey, is rolling out new information technology for operating rooms in nine facilities.
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital recently went live with a centralized pharmacy information system that hospital executives say will help close the medication loop
A study done by the Group Health Cooperative has demonstrated that a new care model coupled with the use of health information technology could serve as a solution to the nation’s primary care physician shortage.
The Medsphere Systems Corp., which sells electronic health record systems based on the open-source technology first built by the Department of Veterans Affairs, has secured $12 million in financing to expand its development efforts.
The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec (CHUQ), which is affiliated with the Reseau Universitaire Integré de Sante (RUIS) of Universite Laval region, is reaping the benefits of a picture archive and communications system implemented months ago.
Healthcare IT company eClinicalWorks, based in Westborough, Mass., will provide electronic health records to correctional facilities associated with Correctional Medical Services Inc.
Microsoft has entered into an agreement with the Social Security Administration to test the use of Microsoft's HealthVault application in the SSA disability determination process.
The Harris Teeter supermarket chain, based in Matthews, N.C., has implemented a flash-drive system to improve prescription accuracy in its pharmacy department.
The City of Laredo Health Department and the Laredo Independent School District are installing the Argus1 System, an Internet-based medical decision support system for early identification of H1N1 virus infection and other communicable diseases that city officials say is the first in the nation.