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 [...]
iMedicor to provide CMS Certified Gateway for Secure and Private Exchange of Health Information over the Internet
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Career Quest Learning Centers Announces New Health Information Technology Program
January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Career Quest Learning Centers has announced that it is introducing a new Health Information Technology program to meet employer demands for new workers to handle federally mandated electronic health records. The Federal mandate streamlining patient records is also creating new jobs; the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 35,000 jobs nationwide will be created for [...]
Alameda Services Launches Healthcare Information Technology Professional Certification Online Learning Course
December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Information Technology workers looking for an exciting challenge as healthcare IT professionals, can finally benefit from a new opportunity to train online, while earning an industry-recognized national certification. The Healthcare Information Technology Professional (HITP) course provides the fundamental knowledge and skills required by technical professionals to support a medical practice, clinic or facility in its adoption of [...]
NITHealth Enables Hoboken University Medical Center to Achieve Meaningful Use for Electronic Medical Records
December 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
NITHealth has announced that the firm provided consulting services that enabled Hoboken University Medical Center to become one of the first community hospitals in the U.S. to achieve “meaningful use,” resulting in a grant of an estimated $8 million in stimulus funds, with approximately $3 million awarded this year. Working within Hoboken University Medical Center’s [...]
CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician Credential Aims to Ease Transition to Electronic Health Records Systems, Expand Use of Technology
November 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As healthcare providers expand their use of information technology solutions for patient care and medical practice administration, CompTIA, the non-profit trade association for the IT industry, has introduced a new credential for IT workers serving the healthcare market. The CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician specialty certification is a vendor- and technology-neutral credential that covers the knowledge [...]
Integrated Practice Solution’s ChiroTouch 5.1 receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification
November 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Integrated Practice Solutions Inc. announced that ChiroTouch Version 5.1, is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on 11/9/2011 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology. The 2011/2012 criteria support the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [...]
Electronic Health Records Association to Collaborate with iHealth Alliance on Patient Safety Initiatives and EHRevent
November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Electronic Health Records (EHR) Association and the iHealth Alliance (iHA) announced today that they will work collaboratively to support efforts to develop practical, effective, and optimized reporting tools to collect information on medical incidents that may be related to the use of health information technology. “Obviously, this is an important effort for our Association [...]
Certification Commission Announces First Certified EHR Products for Long Term and Post Acute Care
November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Certification Commission announced today the first group of electronic health records (EHRs) to be certified under the CCHIT Certified® 2011 program for Long Term and Post Acute Care (LTPAC), which includes EHR use in care settings such as skilled nursing facilities, home health care, hospice and rehabilitation centers. “This CCHIT certification offers LTPAC providers greater assurance that their [...]
Acquisition Alert: Siemens Healthcare Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire HIE Developer MobileMD
November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Siemens Healthcare has announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all issued and outstanding equity of MobileMD, Inc., of Yardley, Pa., a provider of health information exchange (HIE) solutions. Since the transaction is not subject to any regulatory clearances, it is expected that the closing will occur as promptly as practicable. [...]
Research Study Expects Federal Health IT Market Poised to Weather Budget Storms
Federal spending on Health IT will reach $6.5 billion by 2016, which represents a compound annual growth rate of 7.5%, according to a new GovWin IQ research study released by Deltek, Inc. This spending outpaces Deltek’s overall federal IT forecasted spending growth of only 1.1% for the same time period. Federal Health IT spending includes [...]