MedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDQ), a leading provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, is integrating with Epic Systems Corporation within its Hyperspace environment to offer a solution that integrates “partial dictations” with the template-based clinical documentation process, enabling physicians to complete the Electronic Health Record (EHR) without changing their documentation workflow. Partial dictation combines structured and [...]
MedQuist Launches EHR Integration for Dictations Associated with Template-based Clinical Documentation
February 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Vangent White Paper Highlights Key Components to Comply With “Meaningful Use” Provisions for EHR
February 26, 2010 By 4 Comments
Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management and strategic business process services, published a white paper to help organizations understand “meaningful use” and its impact on electronic health records (EHRs) and healthcare interoperability. Meaningful Use. Not Meaningless Waste(SM): Learn How to Protect Your Investment provides an overview of the current health IT landscape [...]
AT&T Expands Healthcare Community Online to Improve Patient Care
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Demonstrating its commitment to helping healthcare organizations improve operational efficiencies and enhance patient care, AT&T today announced that it is expanding its AT&T Healthcare Community Online (HCO) solution to include a dynamic portal with pre-integrated applications. AT&T HCO is a highly secure, cloud-based health information exchange (HIE) and collaboration portal. The solution integrates patient data [...]
Mid-Michigan Physicians Selects Allscripts EHR to Connect and Automate 70 Physicians and Providers
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Allscripts announced today that Mid-Michigan Physicians, a multi-specialty group headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) to provide 70 of their physicians and mid-level providers, located across seven locations, with the latest tools required to deliver high quality care. Six physicians formed the Mid-Michigan Physicians group practice in 1996 and the [...]
Surgeon General with Microsoft HealthVault Expands Consumer Benefits for the My Family Health Portrait Offering
February 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin today announced a collaboration with Microsoft HealthVault that will provide new features and expand access to My Family Health Portrait, a free Internet-based resource. This resource enables consumers to easily record their family health history and integrate the information stored in their My Family Health Portrait profile into [...]
OakBend Medical Center Gains Clinical and Financial Efficiencies with McKesson EHR
February 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
McKesson announced today that OakBend Medical Center of Richmond, Texas, has successfully implemented McKesson’s Paragon® hospital information system (HIS) to capture health information electronically as patients receive care in the hospital. Additionally, OakBend deployed AcuDose-Rx® medication dispensing cabinets at its expanded campus to provide nurses with access to the medications they need, when they need [...]
New Dorenfest Institute White Paper Explores PACS Technology
February 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Dorenfest Institute for Health Information Technology, Research and Education, managed by the HIMSS Foundation, has released, Growth in Use of Picture Archiving and Communications System: A 2000-2008 Study. This free white paper explores PACS technology and its growth and use as a relevant and important tool in the US healthcare industry. The study uses [...]
CGI Selected by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre for Health Enterprise Content Management
February 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
CGI Group, Inc., a leading provider of information technology and business process services, today announced it signed a multi-year, $2.2 million contract with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario (Sunnybrook). CGI will implement its Sovera(R: 34.76, -0.19, -0.54%), enterprise content management and workflow automation solution while providing ongoing software maintenance and support services to the [...]
No Clear Leader in Physician EMR Market, Says Kalorama Report
February 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Despite the presence of well-known companies such as IBM, 3M, Dell and Wal-Mart, no single company dominates the market for electronic medical records (EMR), according to a report from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. The report, “EMR 2010 (Market Analysis, ARRA Incentives, Key Players, and Important Trends),” a survey of EMR markets in the [...]
Clearwave Corporation Creates Healthcare’s First Patient-Facing Network Exchange
February 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Clearwave Corporation announces Healthcare’s Authentication Network and Kiosk (HANK). HANK allows healthcare organizations of all sizes to authenticate patient eligibility and verify patient identity in a matter of seconds allowing for a more efficient and consistent eligibility and access management processes. Clearwave is EHR, PMS, EMR, HIS and HIE technology agnostic. The largest hospital as [...]
