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By Bernie Monegain | 11:57 am | August 27, 2009
The VeriChip Corp., a provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for healthcare, is relaunching its VeriMed Health Link electronic health records system, which includes the implantable VeriChip.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:53 am | August 27, 2009
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, Minn., has installed an integrated radiology information system and picture archiving and communications system to increase productivity and improve workflow.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:12 am | August 27, 2009
The Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. will use a $2.8 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to create an electronic system to boost the care of women of color with HIV/AIDS.
By Diana Manos | 12:13 pm | August 26, 2009
With the death of Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy (D-Mass.) late Tuesday night goes one of the staunchest allies of health reform and healthcare IT advancement.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:36 am | August 26, 2009
The Premier healthcare alliance has boosted its ClinicalAdvisor quality benchmarking and regulatory reporting technology to include capabilities focused on Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:15 am | August 26, 2009
Phoenix Children's Hospital is now placing most of its medication and non-medication orders electronically through a newly activated computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system.
By Bernie Monegain | 01:17 pm | August 25, 2009
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has slated a "town call" Web conference on Sept. 3 to gather input from the vendor and developer communities on the commission's planned new paths to certification for electronic health record technologies.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:55 am | August 25, 2009
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will provide tailored health and wellness information to its members through interactive, automated phone calls.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:27 am | August 25, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule requiring certain Web-based businesses to notify consumers when the security of their electronic health information is breached.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:52 am | August 24, 2009
Medical students consider technology a 'must have' for their future practice, according to the fourth annual survey by healthcare IT company Epocrates.