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Two laptops containing the health information of more than 300,000 people were reported stolen from Alberta Health Services, leading the information and privacy commissioner of the Canadian province to question the organization's level of security.
As the federal economic stimulus package moves to fund leading applications of health information technology, Indiana has launched an initiative to call attention to its leadership on the healthcare IT front.
Medical device companies have been slow to adopt Total Product Lifecycle (TPLC) management practices, according to a new study.
The state of Arizona and the Phoenix area have experienced a high adoption rate for electronic medical records, but this has been followed by a "deinstallation" of the technology, according a report by HealthLeaders-InterStudy.
Bridges to Excellence has launched five new reward programs for physicians to assess improvements in the diagnosis, treatment and management of chronic conditions such as asthma, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease and hypertension.
The West Wireless Health Institute, a San Diego-based medical research organization, is collaborating with Corventis, Inc. to launch the institute's first clinical research program. The new program will look into how to lower hospital readmissions among heart disease patients.
Google Health has announced that it will endorse an industry-wide Declaration of Health Data, an initiative launched by HealthDataRights.org seeking rights for patients regarding their health data.
Physicians fail to share abnormal test results with patients in one out of every 14 medical tests, undermining the claimed efficacy of electronic medical records, according to a study released Monday. It was the use of a mix of paper and electronic records that fared worst.
A project conducted by medical information aggregator PearlDiver Technologies, Inc., and Indiana University is anticipated to boost the state’s economy.
Tufts Medical Center plans to roll out technology to automate the tracking of high-value, specialty inventory used in the cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology and interventional radiology departments.