HealthFusion, Inc.® has just released a cool new feature to their medical software suite called MediDraw™. MediDraw leverages the power of modern browser technology and HTML5 and enables physicians to draw directly on a patient picture or anatomical outline image of a body part. MediTouch and MediDraw are compatible with most modern web browsers, and [...]
HealthFusion’s MediTouch adds HTML5 Drawing Capabilities with MediDraw™
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Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Selects Allscripts EHR and Practice Management for More Than 100 Providers
March 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
Allscripts announced today that Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management solution to automate and connect clinical and business functions for their 106 employed providers. The hospital’s 33 Family Medicine residents also will utilize Allscripts in treating patients in the outpatient setting. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) is a [...]
Kaiser Permanente Completes Electronic Health Record Implementation
March 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Kaiser Permanente announced today that every medical facility within the health system is now equipped with Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect®, the largest private sector electronic health record in the world. Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Oakland, Richmond and Vallejo in Northern California are the most recent facilities to complete the final phase of electronic health record implementation, [...]
Kaiser Permanente Honored for Electronic Health Record Implementation
March 2, 2010 By 2 Comments
Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s leading health care provider and not-for-profit health plan, received 12 Stage 7 Awards from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that have achieved the highest level electronic health record implementation. The 12 awards were presented at the HIMSS 2010 annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia. [...]
East Orange General Hospital Latest Community Hospital to Select Centricity Enterprise
February 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
GE Healthcare IT, a global leader in information technology and the solutions required to maximize its efficacy, announced East Orange General Hospital, in East Orange, NJ, as the latest to purchase the company’s hospital-based electronic medical record (EMR) offering in an effort to reduce cost and enhance patient care. The recently signed agreement brings the [...]
Quality Systems, Inc. Acquires Opus Healthcare Solutions
February 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Quality Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced that QSI has entered into an agreement to acquire Opus Healthcare Solutions, Inc. The acquisition complements and will be integrated with the assets of Sphere Health Systems, Inc., which were acquired in August 2009. Both companies are established developers [...]
NuHealth Selects Allscripts for Electronic Health Record, Practice Management and Emergency Department Automation
February 10, 2010 By 2 Comments
Allscripts announced today that NuHealth will implement Allscripts clinical and practice management IT solutions across its network of hospitals and employed physicians, enhancing the quality of care, improving patient communications, and better managing the cost of care delivery. The agreement, valued in excess of $5 million, is the central component of NuHealth’s connected healthcare strategy, [...]
Mountain View Hospital Extends Use of SRS Productivity-Focused EMR Hospital-Wide
February 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
SRS, the leader in hybrid EMRs, today announced that Mountain View Hospital, an SRS client based in Idaho, is extending its use of the SRS hybrid EMR throughout its diverse range of highly dedicated physicians and staff. The hospital has grown by 40% with its recent expansion. “We required a solution that could adapt to [...]
2010: A Tough Year Ahead for Discharge Planners, but Help Is Available
January 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A new regulation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will make it harder for discharge planners to transition patients from acute-care settings to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), according to Curaspan Health Group(TM), the industry leader in building secure electronic patient-transition networks for hospitals, post-acute providers and suppliers. At most hospitals, the traditional [...]
New Jersey Physician Saves Patient’s Life with the Help of Electronic Charting
Improved outcomes for patients is widely believed to be one of the benefits of using electronic health records, yet few physicians can cite specific instances where such software has made a life-saving difference. Dr. Shankar Santhanam of Lawrenceville, NJ, is a notable exception. He recently used the Amazing Charts electronic health record (EHR) system to [...]