MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the new report “Wireless Health Market – Global Trends, Opportunities, Competitive Landscape & Forecasts Till 2016″ to their collection of Information Technology market reports. The wireless health market is segmented on the basis of wireless technologies, handheld devices, and mobile apps across their applications in healthcare amenities (hospitals, nursing [...]
Market Research Forecasts the Wireless Health Market at $38 Billion by 2016
April 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
CDW Healthcare Survey Shows that 84% of Doctors and Nurses Say Patient Care is Better With Healthcare IT
March 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
Based upon a survey of 200 IT professionals and more than 200 caregivers at large hospitals, a new CDW Healthcare report finds that 84 percent of caregivers feel that patient care is improved by using healthcare information technologies. Further, healthcare IT solutions are getting better. Caregivers rate systems installed during the last 18 months as more useful [...]
Dr. Dennis Morrison Joins Netsmart as Chief Clinical Officer
January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Netsmart has announced that Dr. Dennis Morrison, a national thought leader and researcher in clinical behavioral health, has joined Netsmart as Chief Clinical Officer. Morrison will lead the Netsmart clinical team in transforming clinical care in behavioral health by focusing on evidence-based practice, recovery- and research-based care, coordinated care planning, and the integration of behavioral [...]
Quammen Health Care Consultants Takes Over Information Technology Reins at Faith Regional Health Services
December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Quammen Health Care Consultants is helping Faith Regional Health Services turn information technology’s promise into reality through a five-year outsourcing agreement. Under the managed IT services deal, Quammen will govern all aspects of information technology, from strategic vision to vendor relations to day-to-day operations. “Here at Faith – and at all hospitals across the country [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
VersaSuite is First to Achieve the CCHIT Women’s Health Certification
November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
VersaSuite announced today that it was the first company to earn the Women’s Health certification offered by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®). VersaSuite is proud to announce that with the Women’s Health CCHIT® certification, no company has more ambulatory certifications than VersaSuite. “The CCHIT certification in Women’s Health vigorously evaluates how well [...]
Harris Corporation Awarded Contract to Support VA Initiative to Extend Care to All Eligible Veterans
October 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Harris Corporation has been selected to provide system and software development services for the Enhance the Veteran Experience and Access to Healthcare (EVEAH) initiative by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Harris was awarded a one-year base contract, with a one-year option for service orders, and a ceiling of $199.6 million. The EVEAH Initiative is part [...]
PHYAURA Releases Open Source EHR Download and Provides an Online Community for Healthcare Providers
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PHYAURA, LLC has announced the launch of the community edition of PHYAURA EHR, a free and open source EHR product. The community edition allows all healthcare practitioners in the United States to document clinical notes, schedule office visits, and bill for medical services, all without any vendor lock in. PHYAURA has also established a new [...]
Medicomp Systems Announces Partnership to Integrate Quippe® into MED3OOO’s InteGreat EHR
Medicomp Systems highly interactive documentation and patient management application, Quippe, has been imbedded into MED3OOO’s InteGreat EHR. Quippe is an easy to use and learn interface that allows clinicians to focus on the patient rather than data entry. Quippe is powered by the MEDCIN Engine, a proven knowledge engine that adapts to the unique clinical [...]