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HIMSS responds to GOP letter on stage 2 meaningful use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has responded to a letter from Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives criticizing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services about the way it is implementing the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to incentivize healthcare providers to adopt electronic recordkeeping.
October 7, 2012
GOP House leaders criticize, ask for halt to stage 2 MU
By Cynthia E. Keen
Republican leaders of the congressional committees in the U.S. House of Representatives overseeing health issues criticized the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services about stage 2 meaningful use (MU) criteria for the adoption of electronic records, and asked that incentive payments be suspended.
October 4, 2012
Orion Health expands into Singapore
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Health IT software company Orion Health has opened a new office in Singapore.
October 4, 2012
UB names head of healthcare informatics institute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The University at Buffalo (UB) School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has named Dr. Peter Winkelstein as the executive director of its Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
October 3, 2012
UPMC plans $100M data warehouse
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) announced that it is planning to build a $100 million data warehouse over the next five years to support an enterprise-wide analytics initiative fostering personalized medicine.
October 3, 2012
Merge scores Australian order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has taken an order for its eClinical OS from Datapharm Australia.
October 3, 2012
McKesson wins Ala. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare information systems firm McKesson has won a contract for its Revenue Management Solutions software package with a radiology firm in Alabama.
October 2, 2012
ONC sponsors 'blue button' video contest
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is sponsoring a contest for the best amateur videos promoting the value of instant "blue button" access, or being able to download and share electronic health records.
October 2, 2012
Nuance buys J.A. Thomas and Assoc.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Speech recognition and software developer Nuance Communications has purchased clinical document improvement (CDI) program developer J.A. Thomas and Assoc.
October 1, 2012
HIMSS purchases CapSite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has purchased CapSite, a healthcare technology and consulting firm headquartered in Burlington, VT.
October 1, 2012
ECRI publishes HIE readiness white paper
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nonprofit technology research firm ECRI Institute has published a new white paper on the readiness of healthcare organizations to share patient data electronically in a health information exchange (HIE) network.
October 1, 2012
Health Forum launches AHA hospital data website
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Health Forum, a strategic business enterprise of the American Hospital Association (AHA), has launched a new website containing data from 6,500 hospitals, more than 400 health systems, and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare site.
September 30, 2012
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