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Disaster plan drives post-Katrina recovery for EMR-based group
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
BALTIMORE - A hurricane's magnitude and scope can be estimated, but once it comes ashore all one can do is wait, hope for the best, and pick up the pieces in its aftermath -- unless, of course, a disaster plan was prepared and executed. The chief information officer of a New Orleans-based group shared her team's experiences with disaster recovery at the Towards the Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) conference on Monday.
May 22, 2006
Merge receives second Nasdaq notice
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology information technology and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare of Milwaukee has received a second delisting notice from the Nasdaq stock exchange.
May 21, 2006
Report: Mobile HIT spending to rise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Global spending on mobile healthcare IT hardware, software, and services is predicted to hit $2.7 billion by 2010, according to a new report issued by U.K. market research firm Juniper Research.
May 18, 2006
Insurer group promotes health record interoperability
By Brian Casey
A trade group representing U.S. health insurance companies is developing a plan that would give as many as 200 million Americans access to a personal health record (PHR) that could be accessed via the Web and transferred when people switch insurance plans.
May 18, 2006
HIMSS Analytics launches state healthcare reports
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT data provider HIMSS Analytics is launching a new series of reports for healthcare providers in all 50 U.S. states.
May 17, 2006
PatientKeeper signs Mercy Medical contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile medical information software developer PatientKeeper has deployed its software at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, ID.
May 17, 2006
SDS lands North Valley
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare document information management firm Smart Document Solutions (SDS) has signed an agreement with North Valley Hospital of Whitefish, MT, to implement its HealthPort electronic document management system (EDMS).
May 17, 2006
Kodak signs MedAssets
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Eastman Kodak Health Group has been chosen by MedAssets Supply Chain Systems of Atlanta to provide its Secure Email Services (SES) to the 25,000 customers of MedAssets.
May 17, 2006
NovaRad adds Alabama customers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor NovaRad has installed its NovaPACS network at four hospitals in Alabama.
May 17, 2006
Agfa sales up on IT strength
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare reported first-quarter net sales of 324 million euros ($415.2 million U.S.), up 6.2% compared with the 305 million euros ($390.8 million) turned in during the first quarter of 2005.
May 16, 2006
Cedara signs GIP CPAGE
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian medical imaging software developer Cedara Software said it has been named the exclusive electronic patient record (EPR) supplier of French hospital association GIP CPAGE.
May 16, 2006
U.S. lags in implementing healthcare IT
By Brian Casey
The U.S. has fallen behind other developed countries in implementing healthcare information technology by as many as a dozen years, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. The country's lagging pace in healthcare IT could have major implications as it struggles to cope with rising healthcare costs as the baby boom generation retires.
May 16, 2006
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