Healthland, America’s market leader of healthcare information solutions for small community and critical access hospitals, announced today that Indiana-based, Rush Memorial Hospital has completed implementation of the Healthland Electronic Medical Records (EMR) solution. The 25-bed critical access hospital in Rushville, Ind., is live with the Healthland financial solution, order entry and clinical documentation software solutions. [...]
Rush Memorial Hospital Improves Community Healthcare with Healthland EHR Solution
January 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
McKesson and HP to offer bundled EHR packages to small practices
January 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
McKesson and HP have announced they are collaborating to accelerate and simplify electronic health record (EHR) adoption at independent physician practices across the country. The companies will offer physicians McKesson’s EHR/practice management systems bundled with HP office hardware preconfigured for easy installation. A national network of EHR-certified, value-added resellers will provide the bundled McKesson and [...]
Christiana Care Health System Rolls Out Electronic Computerized Provider Order Entry
January 28, 2010 By 2 Comments
Christiana Care Health System is taking a giant leap forward toward a comprehensive Electronic Health Record with the launch of Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE), technology that makes it easier, more efficient and safer for doctors to order tests and medications. The system goes live on Jan. 28 at Christiana Care’s Wilmington Hospital and soon [...]
Greenway Medical Technologies’ National Enterprise Initiative Selected for More Than 30 Preferred Partnerships in 2009
January 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., provider of the fully-integrated electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution, PrimeSuite®, is furthering the advancement of EHR-based health information networks through preferred solution partnerships in the enterprise market segment. Within Greenway’s enterprise initiative, owned and affiliated hospital systems, physician hospital organizations (PHO) and independent physician associations (IPA) have [...]
CCHIT to reopen testing to new standards on February 12, 2010
January 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
CCHIT has announced plans to reopen testing against the initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology. Testing will reopen on February 12, 2010. In preperation for this the Commission will hold a Town Call, a free Web-based teleconference open to all, to discuss the changes in its programs [...]
SRSsoft Applauds Referendum on Government Control
January 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
SRS, the healthcare industry leader in high-performance hybrid EMRs, views yesterday’s election in Massachusetts as a turning point in how the healthcare agenda will be determined. According to SRS, the unexpected victory was a clear statement that a change is needed, and it sends a strong message regarding government control of healthcare. “The question is not [...]
Recovery Act ‘Meaningful Use’ Definition Governing EHR Endorsed by Zanett
January 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
In Washington DC, on December 30th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that outlines provisions governing the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) incentive programs, including a proposed definition for the central concept of “Meaningful Use” of EHR technology. In order for professionals and hospitals to be [...]
Oxbow Launches Oxbow EMR System Built on InterSystems CACHÉ Object Database
January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
InterSystems Corporation today announced that Oxbow, an InterSystems application partner, has introduced the Oxbow EMR system. With the InterSystems CACHÉ® high-performance object database as its foundation, the Oxbow EMR is specifically designed to enable optimal primary care practice management. The global leader in software for connected healthcare, InterSystems develops and markets innovative database, integration, and [...]
iMedicor Partners With Direct Medical Solutions for Marketing and Membership Development Services
January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
iMedicor today announced that it has entered in to a strategic alliance with Direct Medical Solutions (DMS). Under the agreement, iMedicor will utilize the DMS national sales representatives to market enrollment and revenue generating services to physicians, hospitals, regional and state Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), and other organizations in the healthcare field. Under the agreement, [...]
St. Jude Medical Achieves Recognition for Security of Patient Data
January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) today announced it has successfully completed its second interoperability testing process for the company’s Merlin.net™ Patient Care Network, an Internet-based repository of patient and implantable device data. The company also announced today that the Merlin.net PCN is the first medical device network to be awarded ISO 27001 certification, a stringent [...]
