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Daily News Archive
May
15 - Pennsylvania to Support Health Data Exchange
May
14 - 2008 TEPR Awards Finalists Announced
May
12 - IBM and Siemens Healthcare Partner to Create Cost-Saving Server
Technology
May
5 - AAPC Announces 2007 Local Chapter of the Year
May
2 - San Francisco Collaborative Curtails Area Infection Rates
April
29 - Certification Commission Now Recruiting Work Group Volunteers for
2009 Certification
April
25 - Healthcare Coalition Approves Tools to Improve Patient Safety During
Transitions of Care
April
23 - Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative Extends Electronic Health Records
Pilot Program
April
18 - Health Plan Pledges $5 Million to HIT for Seniors
April
15 - 27 Vendors Apply for Ambulatory EHR Certification
April
11 - WellPoint to Stop Paying for Treatment of Preventable Hospital
Errors, Injuries
April
8- Medical Records Institute Announces New TEPR Award
April
4- Algeria Rolls Out Smartcard System
April
1- New York Awards $105 Million in HIT Grants
March
28 - Mississippi Supports Health Insurance Exchange Initiative
March
25 - HIT Definitions Project Calls for Final Comments on Proposed Definitions
March
21- SmartMD Expands Health Information Services With Acquisition of
Firstaid Software
March
18 - Online and Military Spouse Transcription Programs Reach Milestones
March
14 - NLM and ORWH Announce New NIH Web Site Source for Women's Health
Research Information
March
10 - Health Record Banking: A Viable Option for Consumers?
March
7 - Baltimore Sun Examines Physicians' Reluctance to Use EHRs
March
5 - Healthcare Executives Choose Clinton as Best Presidential Candidate
for Healthcare According to Beacon Partners’ Poll
March
3 - Google to Announce Web Site to Allow Storage of Personal Health
Records Online
Feb.
28 - GE Healthcare Announces Participation by Centricity Health Information
Exchange Services at 2008 IHE Connectathon
Feb.
25 - CapMed Showcases New Personal Health Record (PHR) Solutions at
HIMSS 2008 Interoperability Showcase
Feb.
21 - Philadelphia HIE Chooses IT Services
Feb.
20 - Health Information Technology Experts Say National Standardized
Electronic Health Record System Could Save U.S. Millions of Dollars,
Prevent Errors
Feb.
18 - States Advancing Common Approaches to Protecting Electronic Health
Information
Feb.
14 - Certification Commission Launches Survey for Network Certification
Program
Feb.
13 - Center for Community Health Leadership Opens Second Round of Grant
Application Process
Feb.
11 - Electronic Personal Health Record For Hypertension
Feb.
7 - IHE Connectathon Draws 70 Healthcare IT Companies For Interoperability
Testing
Feb.
4 - HIMSS Releases Presidential HIT Briefing Book
Feb.
1 - AAPC Expands Team, Hires Director of Client Development
Jan.
31 - HIMSS Analytics Doubles the Number of Free Benchmark Reports Given
to Healthcare Organizations
Jan.
29 - AHIMA Launches National PHR Consumer Awareness Campaign
Jan.
28 - CMS has posted a new download that further clarifies patient discharge
status codes and hospital transfer policies. Click here for the link.
Jan.
24 - Electronic Health Record System Could Save Maine $50M Annually
Jan.
22 - Certification Commission Announces Newly Certified EHR Products
for Hospitals
Jan.
21 - California Leads Nation in EHR Adoption
Jan.
17 - HIT Definitions Project Announces Public Forums
Jan.
16 - OptumHealth Introduces Portable Lifetime Personal Health Record
Jan.
14 - Experts Say e-Prescribing Will Be First and Hottest HIT Issue in
2008
Jan.
10 - Ophthalmic Imaging Systems Buys Bankrupt EMR Vendor AcerMed
Jan.
9 - GE Healthcare Creates a Vendor-Independent Healthcare IT Educational
Program for Integrated and Networked Medical Devices
Jan.
7 - AHIMA to Tackle Standards for Nursing Home IT
Dec.
31 - Allscripts Electronic Health Record Ranked No. 1 by Physician Groups
in KLAS Year-End Report
Dec.
28 - Finding A Common Language In Health Care Information Technology
Dec.
24 - Studies Examine Rising Demands On Community Health Centers, Pay-for-Performance
Initiatives, Comparative Effectiveness Research
Dec.
21 - HITSP Delivers Next Round of Interoperability Specifications to
Support U.S. Nationwide Health Information Network
Dec.
19 - HIT Definitions Project Announces First Public Forum
Dec.
18 - Study Of Electronic Records For Heart Disease Funded By Agency
For Healthcare Research And Quality
Dec.
14 - Creation Of Voluntary Unique Patient Identifiers For Exchanging
Electronic Health Records Called For
Dec.
13 - Health Level Seven’s Personal Health Record Functional Model
Approved as a Draft Standard for Trial Use
Dec.
12 - Patients Fare Better in Hospitals Using Info Technology
Dec.
11 - Political Developments Could Encourage Broader Use Of E-Prescribing
Dec.
10 - University Of Colorado Hospital Goes Live With Centricity Perioperative
System To Coordinate Surgical Services And Provide A Continuous Patient
Record
Dec.
5 - Benefits Of Electronic Health Records Outweigh Risks, Survey Finds
Dec.
4 - Redwood Community Health Coalition Selects eClinical Works for EHR
Dec.
3 - House Speaker Pelosi Promotes Electronic Health Record Efforts in
Oregon
Nov.
30 - DOD and VA Issue RFI on Joint EHR Project
Nov.
29 - Senate HELP Committee Negotiators Seek To Revise Health Care IT
Bill to Address Concerns From Physician Groups
Nov.
27 - Online Seminars Will Guide Ambulatory and Inpatient EHR Certification
Applicants Through Process
Nov.
21 - By End of 2008 GBIF Sets Goal of Mobilizing 1 Billion Records
Nov.
20 - CBO says EMRs Won't Greatly Lower Health Costs
Nov.
19 - MITRE - CCHIT Health IT Collaboration Effort—“LAIKA”—Reports
Progress
Nov.
15 - Moving Interoperability Into Practice, HIMSS EHRVA Releases Quickstart
Guide for CCD Standard
Nov.
13 - ACP Encouraged by New EHR Demonstration Project
Nov.
9 - Certification Commission Announces First EHR Products Certified
for Hospitals
Nov.
7 - HL7 Releases Ballot for Personal Health Record Functional Model
Nov.
5 - HHS Announces Project to Help 3.6 Million Consumers Utilize EHR
Nov.
1 - Physicians Who Adopt Electronic Health Records Will Receive Higher
Medicare Payments Under Pilot Project
Oct.
30 - Grants Awarded to Minnesota Health Care Providers to Support Interconnected
EHR
Oct.
25 - Committee Clears Vital Legislation on Health IT
Oct.
24 - Microsoft and HIMSS Expanding Healthcare User Group Across EMEA
Oct.
23 - Kaiser Permanente Study Shows Electronic Medical Records and Outreach
Improve Osteoporosis Care
Oct.
22 - EMR Survey Illustrates Trends and Usage
Oct.
19 - 47 State & National Organizations, Health IT Companies Join
Forces to Demand Consumer Control of Personal Health Records
Oct.
18 - HIMSS & COMCARE Extend EMR Technology to Emergency Response
Oct.
16 - Certification Commission Names New Commissioners
Oct.
15 - HHS Awards Contracts for Trial Implementations of the Nationwide
Health Information Network
Oct.
12 - E-Health Initiative Releases Blueprint Representing Consensus on
an Action Plan for Transforming U.S. Healthcare Using Health IT
Oct.
10 - Medical Identity Theft: the Importance of Protecting Your Health
Records
Oct.
9 - Microsoft Announces Web Site That Allows People To Safely Store,
Manage Medical Records At No Cost
Oct.
8 - Optical Image Technology Announces Alliance with Conexxus, LLC
Oct.
5 - Governor Takes Action to Advance e-Health in Kentucky
Oct.
4 - CMS Awards Contract for ICD-10 Impact Analysis
Oct.
3 - Presidential Candidates' Healthcare Advisors Tout HIT
Oct.
1 -VA Showing Slow but Steady Progress on IT Centralization
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