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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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