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IBM clients will have first dibs on $2 billion in funding earmarked by the company for new work, including healthcare IT projects, connected to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, a Philadelphia-based organization of Medicaid managed care plans, has implemented a new service in two of its health plans that will help physicians identify gaps in their patients' care.
A Chicago-based developer of personal health records and clinical support systems for the military is launching a new platform for civilian use.
Dallas-based TelaDoc Medical Services, a nationwide network of primary care physicians who provide services on demand, is among several IT companies touting their technology and services as ways to help track and combat swine flu.
The Health Care Communication and Social Media community from Twitter has launched a Web site to aggregate information feeds from social, government and traditional media concerning the swine flu.
A noninvasive technology currently in development to measure blood and tissue chemistry in astronauts is expected to have benefits for monitoring patients on Earth.
Silver Hill Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in New Canaan, Conn., is installing an open source electronic health record system first developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 20 years ago.
An analyst says Cerner may have posted 'lackluster' quarterly earnings Tuesday, but the healthcare IT company is well positioned to take advantage of available stimulus money.
Randy Spratt, executive vice president and chief information officer at McKesson, has been promoted to the newly created position of chief technology officer.
Wednesday marks President Barack Obama's 100th day in office - a stretch that has seen heavy focus on healthcare reform and health IT.