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Former McKesson executive Duncan James has been picked to become the new chief executive officer of the QuadraMed Corp.
Independence Blue Cross is providing digital alerts to physicians and specialists through a new messaging tool called Clinical Alerts.
The Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a network of hospitals in Philadelphia, Tulsa, Okla., and suburban Chicago and Phoenix, has upgraded its technology infrastructure with servers designed to increase system performance, uptime and reliability.
St. Barnabas Hospital will roll out a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system as a foundation to establishing an electronic health record in its acute care environments.
Hospitals are considering vendor-neutral solutions for archiving and accessing medical images to avoid being locked into closed, proprietary software, according to a new report from KLAS.
The University of Hong Kong has deployed new software at one of its facilities for a diabetic retinal screening research program.
A telemedicine trial, undertaken by Cisco, has proven a success after almost 100 percent of responses suggested the technology used was acceptable, according to Cisco Systems, a U.S.-based multi-national corporation.
The Kaiser Permanente Health Care Institute and National Labor College hosted a national forum highlighting best practices for providing high-quality care to patients at lower costs.
The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel has approved new interoperability specifications for electronic health records, data exchange and architecture that align with the federal government's stimulus package for healthcare IT.
Hilo Medical Center has signed a multi-year contract with Healthcare Informatics Associates for EMR implementation support.