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 [...]
AT&T Expands Healthcare Community Online to Improve Patient Care
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
McLaren Medical Group Selects Allscripts EHR for 150 Physicians
February 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Allscripts announced today that McLaren Medical Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of McLaren Health Care Corporation, based in Flint, Mich., selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) for 150 employed physicians in an agreement valued in excess of $3 million. McLaren Health Care Corporation, which operates in 29 Michigan counties, has been ranked in the [...]
Aprima and Pacific Medical IT Partner to Provide Electronic Health Records to Physician Practices
February 22, 2010 By 3 Comments
Aprima Medical Software, a leading developer of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) systems for medical practices, today announced a value-added reseller agreement with Pacific Medical IT Inc., a California-based leader in providing local medical practices with state of the art IT support. “Partnering with Aprima allows us the opportunity to provide better [...]
