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AuntMinnie.com Healthcare IT Insider
By Cynthia E. Keen
January 14, 2013
InfoGard receives ONC authorization
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Information assurance and security company InfoGard Laboratories has been authorized as a U.S. Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB).
January 14, 2013
Sectra adds multisite RIS/PACS installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS firm Sectra said it has sold an integrated RIS/PACS that includes its breast imaging PACS to Valley Radiology Consultants of San Diego.
January 13, 2013
CMS issues new meaningful use guidance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided new guidance that clarifies the eligibility of certain radiologists for the "significant hardship" exception added in stage 2 of its meaningful use IT incentive program.
January 9, 2013
McKesson inks Miss. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare information systems firm McKesson has won a contract with a Mississippi-based clinic for its Revenue Management Solutions package.
January 8, 2013
Study: Health IT needs re-engineering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare providers need to re-engineer health information technology to achieve its potential to lower costs and improve the efficiency of treatment, according to an article from RAND published in the January issue of Health Affairs.
January 7, 2013
FDA gives OK to Elekta Mosaiq software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta announced that Mosaiq Evaluate, a toolset that integrates radiation therapy treatment planning features into its Mosaiq oncology information system, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
January 7, 2013
IAEA debuts radiotherapy patient safety tool
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has debuted a new tool for radiotherapy patient safety known as SAFRON, or Safety in Radiation Oncology.
December 27, 2012
RamSoft touts 3 customer upgrades
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor RamSoft said that three of its customers in Southern California have updated their existing RamSoft systems in a bid to reach their meaningful use goals.
December 27, 2012
Physicians prefer phone/fax over email for nonurgent alerts
By Cynthia E. Keen
A low-cost, low-tech centralized radiology notification system to convey nonurgent significant findings and amended reports is working well for both radiologists and physicians affiliated with a large teaching hospital in Sydney.
December 26, 2012
CMS reports fraud prevention savings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Fraud Prevent System saved an estimated $115.4 million in projected savings, according to a September 2012 report to Congress of its first implantation year performance that has now been made publicly available.
December 23, 2012
GAO reports $2.7B EHR Medicaid incentives paid in 2011
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) states that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services paid approximately $2.7 billion to nearly 2,000 hospitals and 46,000 physicians for participating in the federal electronic health record (EHR) incentive program for Medicaid patient providers in 2011.
December 23, 2012
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