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CCHIT certifies 18 EHR products

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) has awarded certification for 18 additional electronic health record (EHR) products for office-based physicians.

January 29, 2007

McKesson completes Per-Se acquisition

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics provider Per-Se Technologies officially has become part of McKesson for $1.8 billion.

January 25, 2007

McKesson reports strong sales for Q3

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

San Francisco-based McKesson's Provider Technologies business segment saw double-digit growth in revenues for the company's fiscal 2007 third quarter (end-December 31, 2006).

January 25, 2007

Aristex to offer PHR in Canada

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT developer Aristex Health Solutions of Toronto will be deploying its Global Lifeguard personal healthcare record (PHR) service to subscribers in Canada.

January 24, 2007

Agfa continues German Orbis install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare of Mortsel, Belgium, said that it has completed the initial phase of the implementation of its Orbis hospital information system (HIS) at the Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit in Berlin.

January 24, 2007

EMR market to surge

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. electronic medical records (EMR) market is expected to reach $4 billion in revenues in 2015, up from $1 billion in 2005, according to a report from market research firm Kalorama Information of Rockville, MD.

January 24, 2007

Per-Se shareholders sign off on McKesson deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Shareholders of healthcare IT firm Per-Se Technologies have approved its acquisition by fellow healthcare IT firm McKesson of San Francisco.

January 24, 2007

Misys adds to PHCS install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT firm Misys Healthcare Systems will be expanding its installation at Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS) in Princeton, NJ.

January 23, 2007

Cedara partners with InSite One

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cedara Software and archiving services provider InSite One have formed a strategic relationship.

January 23, 2007

ETIAM debuts new worklist broker

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

French software firm ETIAM has introduced a new version of its WiIIB worklist broker.

January 23, 2007

IHE to publish Connectathon results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) North America Connectathon 2007, which ended last Friday in Chicago, provided a setting to test the capability of applications to share patient data within and across hospitals and healthcare systems.

January 23, 2007

DOD, VA to create common EHR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said they will begin working on a common inpatient electronic health record (EHR) system at a meeting of the American Health Information Community (AHIC).

January 23, 2007

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