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The city of New York is positioned to become the nation's capital of healthcare information technology, according a new report released by the Center for an Urban Future.
First Lady Michelle Obama announced the release of $851 million in grants to community health centers on Monday.
Concerro, a San Diego-based developer of open-shift and workforce management software, is getting into the disaster-planning business.
The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel is developing global standards to support “core research data element exchange.”
A team of University of Houston researchers is designing an in-home health-monitoring system that will notify caregivers, via smartphones or PDAs, if their patients need attention.
The Austin Radiological Association, a provider of radiological services in central Texas, has implemented a free electronic health record interface, with the idea of providing constant, affordable access to clinical information.
Lack of financing has caused mental health and human services to lag far behind general healthcare in access to health information technology, according to a national survey of more than 400 organizations.
Legislation was introduced during a hearing of the House Committee on Small Business' Subcommittee on Regulations and Healthcare earlier this week to help small medical practices in adopting healthcare IT.
The Premier healthcare alliance, made up of more than 2,100 U.S. hospitals and more than 58,999 other healthcare sites, told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Friday that standards are vital for achieving the full potential of electronic health records.
Fifty-six organizations have shown support for the Markle Connecting for Health Collaborative's Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information - a set of practices to improve consumer access to personal health information and protect privacy.