Daily News Archive

• Transcend Acquisition Bolsters Its Holdings

• Health Record Banking on Tap for Louisville

• Hearing Loss Not Well Documented in EMRs

• Billions Spent on HIT Stimulus Could Lead to Major Boom … or Bust

• QuadraMed Announces Change in Executive Leadership

• CCHIT Accelerates Development of Advanced Technology Certifications

• Massachusetts Studies Reveal Importance of Incentives in HIT Adoption

Standards Groups Collaborate to Promote HIT Standards

AHIOS Announces New Members

Blumenthal Named HIT Czar

Vendor Lists Key Areas for Stimulus Package Investments

Kaiser Permanente Inks IT Megadeal With IBM

HHS Launches New Office of Recovery Act Coordination

Dermatology Criteria on CCHIT Agenda

EDCO to Merge With SolCom

Precyse Solutions Adds Executives, Realigns Around Service Lines

Diagnostic Errors: The New Focus of Patient Safety Experts

CCHIT Plans Work Group Recruiting for Updating, Expanding Certification Programs

Alaska Telemedicine Program Off and Running

HIMSS Names Stage 6 Hospitals

Free E-Prescribing Service Now Available to San Antonio Physicians

Medtronic to Voluntarily Disclose Payments to U.S. Physicians

Patient Knowledge of Health Information Influences Cancer Treatment

Psychology Organization Applauds HITECH's Privacy Provisions

CIGNA to Stop Using Ingenix Database

Diskriter Announces New Director of HIM Rehabilitation Services

AAPC Offers Price Reductions to Help Members Weather Economic Storm

HIE Reaches 1 Million E-Prescriptions

Electronic Network Debuts in Buffalo

National Panels Release HIT Road Map

Privacy Group Wants EHR Opt-Out Included in Stimulus Bill

Siemens Nursing Officer Awarded HIMSS 2008 Nursing Informatics Leadership Award

Social Media Tapped to Spread Info About Salmonella Outbreak

CHIME, HIMSS Name 2008 John E. Gall, Jr CIO of the Year

2009 TEPR Awards Honorees Announced

AHIOS Announces Code of Ethics and Standards

Survey Measures Economic Stimulus Plan's Effect on EHR Adoption

'Positive' Studies More Likely to Make It Into Medical Journals

Consumer Watchdog Urges Congress to Adopt Privacy Protections in Economic Stimulus Bill

Interconnectivity Key to President Obama's Goal of Computerizing Medical Records Within Five Years, EMR Firm Says

HIT Associated With Better Outcomes, Lower Costs

AHA Studies Economy's Effect on HIT Projects

Connected for Health Report: EMRs Not a Cure-All

Obama Administration Gets White Paper on Healthcare Spending

2009 TEPR Awards Finalists Announced

HHS Issues Final ICD-10 Code Sets and Updated Electronic Transaction Standards Rules

CMS PHR Pilot Program Takes Flight in Arizona, Utah

Privacy Group Calls for Safeguards in HIT Stimulus Package

Medicity and Novo Innovations Merge

CCHIT Invites Public Comment on HIT Road Map

Senators Stabenow and Snowe Push Legislation to Improve Healthcare, Reduce Cost

EHNAC Releases New Criteria for Five Accreditation Programs