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Per-Se sets date for acquisition vote
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Per-Se Technologies has set January 24, 2007, as the date for its shareholders to vote on the Alpharetta, GA, company's proposed $1.8 billion acquisition by healthcare informatics firm McKesson of San Francisco.
December 21, 2006
AHRQ offers IT grant money
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is making available as much as $25.8 million in grant money from the U.S. government for healthcare IT projects.
December 19, 2006
Is a hosted application right for your organization?
The hosted application delivery model, in which the application and data are managed by a third party and accessed over the Internet, is becoming more and more prevalent in radiology. But this model has both pros and cons. Joel Mezistrano of Source Medical Solutions, a Birmingham, AL-based healthcare informatics developer, discusses what organizations need to evaluate when considering a hosted application.
December 19, 2006
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Philips awarded Spanish contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agencia Valenciana de la Salut in Spain will add SpeechMagic speech recognition technology from Philips Speech Recognition Systems of Vienna to the region's Java-based RIS.
December 18, 2006
3M completes SoftMed deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
St. Paul, MN-based 3M has completed the merger of its Health Information Systems division with SoftMed Systems.
December 17, 2006
Misys to deliver EMR for DCHS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT firm Misys Healthcare Systems has signed a deal to install its electronic medical record (EMR) products at Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS).
December 14, 2006
AHIP, Blues develop portable PHR standards
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) of Washington, DC, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) report that they are making progress in the development of a portable U.S. personal health record (PHR).
December 14, 2006
CCHIT expands EHR certification to specialties
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
According to the U.S. Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has authorized and funded the expansion of its certification scope for ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) products to begin addressing some medical specialties and specialized care settings.
December 14, 2006
Image silos counterproductive to regional healthcare
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
A study undertaken at the Philadelphia Health Information Exchange sought to quantify the extent to which patients seek imaging care across a region's competing medical facilities. The study, presented at the 2006 RSNA conference in Chicago, suggests that sharing images across institutional borders could yield significant potential savings.
December 14, 2006
Axolotl selected for Colorado RHIO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Axolotl's Elysium community-wide electronic health record (EHR) system is being used by the Quality Health Network for its regional health information organization (RHIO), according to Mountain View, CA-based Axolotl.
December 13, 2006
Datsul acquires Informenge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brazilian software developer Datsul said that it has acquired healthcare IT developer Informenge of Sorocaba, Brazil.
December 13, 2006
CentarisOne completes Tower Imaging install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics developer CentarisOne reported that is has completed a multisite installation of its RIS/PACS and archive product at Tower Imaging Medical Group in Los Angeles.
December 13, 2006
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