SuccessEHS, a nationally recognized, streamlined practice management and electronic health record software vendor, was listed as a supported vendor by the Louisiana Health Information Technology (LHIT) Resource Center. As Louisiana’s Regional Extension Center (REC), the LHIT Resource Center was established to provide education, outreach and technical support to more than 1,000 providers as they adopt [...]
Louisiana Health IT Resource Center Lists SuccessEHS as a Supported Vendor
June 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
AHIMA Offers HIT Pro™ Exams Designed to Increase Eligible Hires for the Transition to Electronic Health Records
June 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has announced that they are working to grow jobs for their members while helping to fill the estimated 50,000 new positions that will be needed to implement the U.S. health system’s transition to electronic health records. AHIMA President President Bonnie Cassidy said that they have worked with the U.S. [...]
LodgeNet Healthcare’s eSUITE Solution Empowers Patients to Participate in Their Care
June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As hospitals scramble to adopt the patient-centered focus that is at the heart of federal regulations and legislation aimed at improving healthcare in the U.S., LodgeNet Healthcare today announced the expansion of its interactive patient engagement solution that encourages patients to become educated, active members of their care teams. eSUITE™ now allows hospitals to interact [...]
New Survey Examines Employer Reactions to Health Care Reform One Year Later
June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In the year since health care reform became law, a new survey finds that employers across the U.S. are maintaining their health care benefits, implementing cost-sharing methods and assessing the long-term impact of reform on their organizations. Health Care Reform: Employer Actions One Year Later, released by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans uncovers actions [...]
Beacon Partners Unveils Expansion of Managed HIT Services Offering
June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Healthcare management consulting firm Beacon Partners today unveiled their newest Managed Services offerings, providing healthcare organizations with ongoing, around-the-clock system support. Beacon Partners is expanding its Managed Services offering to help healthcare organizations enhance the use of technology they currently have, comply with HITECH regulations and minimize their operational costs, which ultimately provides them with the ability [...]
CliniComp, Intl. Completes EMR Installations at All Department of Defense Inpatient Treatment Facilities Worldwide
June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
CliniComp, Intl., a global provider of clinical documentation systems serving over 110 hospitals in seven countries spanning three continents, announced today that it has completed all installations of CliniComp Essentris® EMR™ at 59 military inpatient treatment facilities worldwide, with 36 facilities in just under two years. Fifty-nine inpatient facilities and their 24,000 physicians will use CliniComp, [...]
Thomson Reuters is Getting out of the Healthcare Business
June 7, 2011 By 2 Comments
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced its intention to divest its Healthcare business, which has been part of the company’s Healthcare & Science segment. The Healthcare business provides data, analytics and performance benchmarking solutions and services to companies, government agencies and healthcare professionals. With leading assets [...]
St. Joseph’s Health Center Creates Barcoded Electronic Patient Forms on Demand and Enables Electronic Patient Registration with Access Intelligent Forms Suite
June 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
St. Joseph’s Health Centre, a full-service hospital in southwest Toronto, Ontario, has established a comprehensive, multi-phase e-Care strategy that will deliver even better patient care and service through enabling healthcare technologies. To help reach the second phase of this plan, administrators recognized the need to transition from pre-printed paper forms to barcoded electronic forms that [...]
WoundExpert Receives ONC-ATCB EHR Certification
June 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
WoundExpert®, the leading software solution for wound management, has been certified as a Complete EHR by the Drummond Group, an ONC-ATCB approved testing entity. By meeting the 2011/2012 criteria, WoundExpert supports the Stage 1 Meaningful Use measures required for eligible providers to qualify for funding under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health [...]
Acquisition Alert: Merge Healthcare to Acquire Ophthalmic Imaging Systems
June 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Merge Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, and Ophthalmic Imaging Systems, a leading provider of digital imaging and informatics solutions for ophthalmology and other medical specialties, today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Merge Healthcare will acquire OIS. Under the terms of the definitive merger [...]
