Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
The Missouri Health Information Technology Assistance Center, one of the 60 health IT Regional Extension Centers across the country created with federal stimulus funding, has begun its work aimed at helping thousands of primary care providers throughout Missouri select electronic health records best suited to their practices.
Twenty-six health IT ideas, out of the 6,500 entered in the Veterans Health Administration/Office of Information and Technology (VHA/OIT) Innovation Competition, will be used by the VA to improve care for Veterans.
The Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced a new round of two additional Beacon awards totaling $30.3 million on Wednesday.
Medical transcription technology is to blame for the loss of 30 jobs at the largest hospital in Vermont. Officials at Fletcher Allen Health Care, a non-profit, academic medical center in Burlington, Vt., made the announcement on Tuesday.
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a nonprofit standards group, is recommending changes in the government's draft rules on health IT certification that EHNAC officials say would make the rules stronger.
Nine healthcare IT companies from New Zealand are taking a tour of the United States, in hopes of finding new markets for their products and getting a piece of the American healthcare reform pie.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will step up enforcement of its contractors to ensure they meet information security requirements for protecting veterans' personal health data.
With the introduction of electronic health records, health data storage is expected to be high on providers' to-do lists. However, storing this data will be challenging, said Bill Burns, senior director for Hitachi Data Systems.
Organ and tissue transplant is a medical marvel. But it's also something of a logistical miracle.
Healthcare information technology is the hottest career option for college graduates, according to a new trend study from the University of California San Diego Extension.