A healthcare industry association projects that hospitals will spend more than $14 billion on information technology systems during the next five years, but it said capital outlays will remain relatively flat until stimulus-related funding kicks in. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) discussed hospital spending trends June 16, based on the group’s tracking [...]
HIMSS predicts $14.4 Billion in Hospital IT Spending over next 5 years
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Microsoft & Michigan State Medical Society Collaborates to Expand HIT in Michigan
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Image via Wikipedia The Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) today announced a collaboration with Microsoft Corp., Compuware subsidiary Covisint and MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., to be first in the nation to provide statewide connectivity of medical and pharmacy data for Michigan. Patients and physicians who use the medical society’s electronic portal, MSMS Connect, will now [...]
To Scan or Not to Scan – Dealing with Legacy Documents in an EHR World
June 17, 2009 By 4 Comments
Image by benuski via Flickr President Obama, like every other president, has signified many changes he would like to see. Whether they are social, political or economic, the changes are always meant to push the American people a little further. We are asked to grab not what is within our grasp, but that which is [...]
Meaningful Use Matrix Released by HIT Policy Committee
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Image via Wikipedia After months of wondering how the term “Meaningful Use” would be defined we finally got some clarity yesterday when the Health IT Policy Committee, which advises the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, released a series of recommendations. Or course, those recommendations released by the HIT Policy Committee are not the [...]
