Today, people tend to live in two worlds – a digital and a physical universe – but in the near future, these two universes will merge. This concept was one of many explored last week at Sacred Heart Hospital‘s “Inventing the Future” summit. Healthcare, industry and academic leaders discussed the role of technology and innovation [...]
Southwest Kidney Institute Selects Full Suite of athenahealth Services
August 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
athenahealth, Inc. , a leading provider of web-based practice management, electronic health record (EHR), and patient communication services to medical groups, today announced that Southwest Kidney Institute, PLC, one of the nation’s leading kidney disease management groups, has selected athenahealth’s full suite of web-based services to help its 50 medical providers streamline operational procedures and [...]
Greenway Selected by Health Information Exchanges and Regional Physician Groups
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Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. today announced that four additional Health Information Exchange (HIE) programs, Independent Physician Associations (IPA) and regional medical centers have selected PrimeSuite®, the company’s integrated electronic health record (EHR) practice management and interoperability solution, to connect group practices and streamline clinical, financial and administrative functions. “Greenway is very gratified to be selected [...]
PriorityOne to Provide Quality, Affordable IT Services to Medical Practices
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The nearly 500 physician members of Vista Health System, LLC, in New Jersey now have access to quality, comprehensive, and cost-effective information technology (IT) services through a partnership with PriorityOne, a complete IT services firm with extensive experience in healthcare. PriorityOne will provide a wide array of services, including assessments to determine a practice’s need [...]
CCHIT Among First To Be Approved As ONC-ATCB
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Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) announced today that it has been recognized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as an Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) under the initial certification program created to certify that electronic health records (EHRs) [...]
Drummond Group Approved by HHS to Certify EHR
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Drummond Group Inc., the trusted software testing lab, is one of the first to be approved by the Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) to be an ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) to certify Complete EHRs and all EHR Modules for both ambulatory and inpatient settings. Eligible [...]
Canadian Patient Access and Nightingale Launch Canada’s First Interactive Personal Health Record
August 31, 2010 By 1 Comment
Canadian Patient Access Inc. (CPA) and Nightingale Informatix Corporation (TSX:NGH) (“Nightingale” or the “Company”) today announce the launch of myPatientAccess.ca, Canada’s first interactive patient portal to be fully integrated with an electronic medical records (EMR) system. A breakthrough offering in consumer healthcare, Canadian patients will, for the first time, have full, web-based, real-time access to [...]
Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition Now Available
August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Sage North America today announced that its Sage Healthcare Division has released Sage Intergy version 6.10 and the new Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition. This Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition features the components required for physicians to be eligible for federal electronic health records (EHR) incentives, a key provision of the 2009 American Reinvestment and [...]
Weno Healthcare Inc. Applies for ONC-ATCB Status
August 30, 2010 By 3 Comments
Provided by Tina Goodman, CEO/President of Wenco Healthcare, Inc. The healthcare technology race is on. The US Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the final rules for healthcare technologies to meet Stage I certification criteria. The release of the new rules came with more change. Authority was given the Office of the National [...]
Electronic Recordkeeping Boosts Patient Safety, Saves DMC More Than $5 Million – For Second Straight Year
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The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) achieved significant improvements in patient safety and quality of care, while also saving more than $5 million in costs last year, thanks to efficiencies created by its system-wide Electronic Medical Record (EMR). This system manages nearly all of the DMC’s patient health information via new computer-based technology. For the eight [...]
