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Atlanta Women's Specialists, an affiliate of Northside Hospital, has provided patients with online access to a new personal health record.

Four months after declaring its intention to enter the American healthcare market, Australia’s iSoft has found a U.S.-based partner.

Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital recently went live with a centralized pharmacy information system that hospital executives say will help close the medication loop.

Virtua, the largest integrated delivery network in southern New Jersey, is rolling out new information technology for operating rooms in nine facilities.

Peace River Regional Medical Center in Port Charlotte, Fla., and SSM St. Clare Health Center in St. Louis have created a partnership with Telehealth Services.

EHR adoption and finances remain the top challenges facing medical practices, according to a new survey from the Medical Group Management Association.

Electronic medical record sales for 2009 are expected to far exceed 2008 sales, which were at their lowest in seven years to hospitals with more than 200 beds, according to research firm KLAS.

Asante Health, a system of providers based in Medford, Ore., has implemented a new integration engine between two of its main facilities.

The National Transitions of Care Coalition has formed the Health Information Technology Work Group to focus on national efforts to develop electronic medical records and HIT exchanges and promote interoperability.

CHRISTUS Health, a Dallas-base healthcare system, has implemented five new clinical decision support systems in order to improve care.