Katie Matlack, the medical market analyst at Software Advice, has put together an interesting list of beautifully designed iOS medical devices that can be used as add-ons or plug-ins for iPhones and iPads. According to Katie “The processing power, big color screen and touchscreen interface allows these iOS devices to provide the core computing platform [...]
Illinois Rural HealthNet building a high-speed network to connect rural hospitals and health care clinics in Illinois
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Illinois Rural HealthNet (IRHN) has signed a construction contract with G4S Technology LLC that will facilitate the deployment of a new $21M fiber optic medical network, and allow residents of Illinois access to advanced medical care. The IRHN is a not-for profit corporation of health care providers who have come together to deploy and [...]
AHIMA Encourages the Health Care Community to “Keep Moving on ICD-10 Transition”
January 31, 2012 By 1 Comment
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is urging the healthcare community to continue preparing for the transition to the ICD-10 classification system, warning that the U.S. Congress may not act on requests to stop ICD-10 implementation and let stakeholders design and adopt a new classification system to replace ICD-9-CM. “If healthcare providers stop their [...]
Aprima Medical Software Selects DiagnosisOne to Deliver Clinical Decision Support for EHR
January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
DiagnosisOne, a clinical decision support and analytics company, today announced that Aprima Medical Software has selected DiagnosisOne to provide clinical decision support for its electronic healthcare record solution. Through this partnership, the Aprima EHR will seamlessly integrate DiagnosisOne’s smartConsult solution into its CCHIT-certified offerings to deliver real-time, patient-specific alerts at the point of care. The [...]
66 Percent of Healthcare IT Decision Makers Believe iPad-Style Devices Create Governance Challenges
January 30, 2012 By 2 Comments
Panasonic, a company that provides rugged, reliable mobile computers, has published a white paper on the “consumerization” of healthcare IT, specifically through media tablet devices like the iPad. The white paper, “Diagnosis Danger: Governance & Security Issues Cause IT Concerns About iPad in Healthcare Setting,” highlights the growing concerns of healthcare IT executives trying to [...]
Virtua Adopts Nuvon’s VEGA System for its Enterprise-wide Device Connectivity Needs
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Nuvon, Inc. a leader in next generation medical device connectivity and interoperability solutions, today announced that Virtua has gone live with the first phase of its enterprise-wide device connectivity infrastructure starting with connectivity to the Picis Peri-Operative System utilizing Nuvon’s standards-based, open architecture VEGA™ System. Virtua is a comprehensive healthcare system headquartered in Marlton, N.J. [...]
Simplee Adds Support for New Insurers and now Covers 80% of US Health Insurance Market
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I don’t normally cover insurance related items at EMR Daily News but Simplee is a service that I use and and really like. The Simplee service connects directly with insurers to categorize and explain medical expenses in an easily understood format, significantly simplifying the monitoring your health insurance claims. Simplee has just announced that they [...]
dbMotion chosen by Unity Health System to enhance patient-centered medical home
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
dbMotion has announced that its interoperability platform has been selected by the Unity Health System in New York to facilitate far-reaching health information exchange efforts. The dbMotion™ Solution will connect disparate technologies across the enterprise, extend Unity Health’s advanced patient-centered medical home (PCMH) capability, and advance the organization’s robust care management and population health initiatives [...]
iMedicor to provide CMS Certified Gateway for Secure and Private Exchange of Health Information over the Internet
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
iMedicor has announced it is adding esMD (Electronic Submission of Medical Data) and HIH (Health Information Handler) technology and certifications to iMedicor’s flagship service, the HIPAA-compliant Social Health Information Exchange. With this latest enhancement, iMedicor puts doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers well ahead of the CMS adoption deadline for the computer-to-computer exchange of protected [...]
Survey Says: Small Medical Medical Practice Confidence Index Rises in 2012
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Forty-five percent of doctors in small or medium-sized practices report that their practice is doing better this year compared to last according to a survey released today by Practice Fusion. The second annual State of the Small Practice report also showed that technology has made things easier for over 60 percent of US medical providers [...]
