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Survey: Standards, Code Sets Top Concern for EHR Adoption
Lack of consistent national information standards and code sets is a top barrier to the adoption of electronic health records, according to a survey by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
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Source: iHealth Beat, US
Posted: Thursday, March 02, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Astronaut to Wear Smart Shirts
The European Space Agency will use "smart" shirts to evaluate the quality of sleep astronauts get while in orbit. The agency plans for German astronaut Thomas Reiter to don the LifeShirt, from VivoMetrics Inc., Ventura, Calif., later this year while aboard the International Space Station. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Thursday, March 02, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Medicare's new accounting system is good for the bottom line
Cash flow improvements generate more than $1 million per month, officials report ... Comments (0)
Source: Government Health IT, US
Posted: Thursday, March 02, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Compuware Buys ProviderLink
Information technology services vendor Compuware Corp. of Detroit has acquired health care transactions processing and networking vendor ProviderLink Inc. of Cary, N.C. Acquisition terms, under which nearly all of ProviderLink's 30 employees have joined Compuware, were not disclosed. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Misys Clearinghouse Accredited
The claims clearinghouse of physician software vendor Misys Healthcare Systems has received full accreditation from the Electronic Health Network Accreditation Commission. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Brailer praises CalRHIO efforts
Grassroots efforts to build regional health information organizations better reflect the needs of the population, the government’s healthcare IT leader said Tuesday.
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Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Group to push mobile access to health info
Patients could use their cell phones to send physicians their medical and insurance information and help manage their care under a new initiative the Mobile Healthcare Alliance kicked off this week.
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Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Patients’ e-records facing legal hurdles
Although information technology promises to reduce medical errors and bolster efficiency, the road to the electronic promised land is fraught with legal potholes. ... Comments (0)
Source: Kansas City Star, US
Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Healthy progress for NHS e-record system
The second trial of the electronic transfer of a patient's healthcare record from one GP surgery to another has been completed. ... Comments (0)
Source: Silicon.com, UK
Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Report Identifies Hurdles to EHR Implementation
The Healthcare Financial Management Association recently released a report that identifies the top barriers to electronic health record implementation and recommends strategies for the federal government to help providers overcome those hurdles. ... Comments (0)
Source: iHealth Beat, US
Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Consumer-Directed App Launched
Enkata Technologies Inc., a vendor of business performance decision support software, is introducing a software module to help insurers manage consumer-directed health plans. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Intel joins health IT standards effort
An Intel executive said yesterday that the company is working on health data interchange standards and will have something to show for its efforts this year.
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Source: Government Health IT, US
Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Successful electronic transfer of NHS patient medical record at 2nd pilot site
The second live trial of GP-to-GP has successfully completed the electronic transfer of a patient’s health care record from one GP surgery to another, NHS Connecting for Health announced yesterday.The patient health care record was electronically transferred from Cowes Health Centre to Grove House Surgery on the Isle of Wight, via the NHS Spine using GP clinical software supplier In Practice Systems' Vision software.
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Source: PublicTechnology.net, UK
Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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NHS IT failures 'left babies unvaccinated'
New allegations of NHS IT failure have emerged, but Connecting for Health has rejected them as 'scaremongering' ... Comments (0)
Source: ZDNet UK, UK
Posted: Monday, February 27, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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IBA in eHealth deal
IBA Health has signed a new deal with the General Authority for Health Services (GAHS) in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (UAE). The deal will see the eHealth provider implement and manage the administrative and clinical information technology supplied to GAHS by IBA in nine key facilities located in the Emirates. ... Comments (0)
Source: iT News, Australia
Posted: Monday, February 27, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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PDAs Give Nurses Point-of-Care Data
Until last spring, there was very little clinical data available at the bedside at Virtua West Jersey Hospital Voorhees (N.J.). The Voorhees hospital is one of four in Virtua Health, a Marlton, N.J.-based delivery system. Virtua Health is planning to build a new hospital and wanted to review some new point-of-care technologies. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Monday, February 27, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Preparing for electronic medical records in N.C., New York
Some day, paper records will disappear from the doctor's office, scrawled prescriptions slips will be history, patient histories will pop up on screens in seconds. ... Comments (0)
Source: News & Observer, US
Posted: Monday, February 27, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Hospital to Digitize its Paper
Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie, Wyo., will use document imaging and management, and electronic medical records software from Optio Software Inc., Alpharetta, Ga. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Monday, February 27, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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NHS Pushes Telemedicine System - A Little
Not that many remote monitoring systems are supported by NHS health authorities. Most are set up and run by a combination of university departments and mobile phone companies. ... Comments (0)
Source: Wireless Healthcare, UK
Posted: Friday, February 24, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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NTT's Telepresence and Telemedicine System
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and the National Center for Child Health and Development will test feasibility of transmitting digitalized fetal medical images (including 3-dimensional ultrasound as well as fetoscopic images) between the US and Japan. ... Comments (0)
Source: Wireless Healthcare, UK
Posted: Friday, February 24, 2006 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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