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Mississippi group rebuilds practice with HIMSS EHR donation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A hospital in Mississippi that saw the loss of more than 10,000 patient records due to Hurricane Katrina has rebuilt its database thanks to a donation from a foundation run by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) of Chicago.

July 26, 2006

Emdeon delays strategic alternatives process

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare services and information technology developer Emdeon said it expects that an evaluation of strategic alternatives for its Business Services and Practice Services segments will not be completed until the middle of August.

July 26, 2006

Microsoft boosts healthcare IT presence with Azyxxi buy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Microsoft is moving to expand its healthcare IT activities, purchasing a health intelligence software package called Azyxxi and forming a strategic alliance with the software's developers, MedStar Health and Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC.

July 25, 2006

NightHawk turns in record Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

NightHawk Radiology Holdings, the parent company of NightHawk Radiology Services, reported record second-quarter revenues of $22.9 million, up 49% compared with the $15.3 million booked in the second quarter of 2005.

July 25, 2006

Impac EMR installed at M. D. Anderson proton center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology information technology developer Impac Medical Systems said that its electronic medical record (EMR) software is in use at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center proton therapy center in Houston.

July 25, 2006

AthenaHealth debuts EMR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Revenue and practice management software developer AthenaHealth has released an electronic medical record (EMR) application, athenaClinicals.

July 24, 2006

Nuance releases Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical 9

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Speech recognition firm Nuance Communications has released the latest iteration of its Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical product, version 9.

July 24, 2006

GE signs Tulane

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has received an order from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans.

July 24, 2006

CPU notches deals

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare information systems provider CPU Medical Management Systems of San Diego added five new customers for its MED/FM practice management system.

July 24, 2006

GE debuts wireless telemetry service

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has introduced its Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS), designed to help hospitals bring their entire portfolio of wireless services and applications together on a single infrastructure.

July 23, 2006

Foresight, Cedara ink deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS technology developer Foresight Imaging and Merge Healthcare unit Cedara Software have inked a five-year distribution agreement.

July 23, 2006

Empiric adds clients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics vendor Empiric Systems of Morrisville, NC, has signed two new customers for its Encompass.Net RIS/PACS network.

July 23, 2006

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