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 [...]
Surgeon General with Microsoft HealthVault Expands Consumer Benefits for the My Family Health Portrait Offering
February 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
