Press Releases
Public Comment Period For Expanded 2011 Certification Criteria Open
CHICAGO - Nov 17, 2009 - The first public comment period for the Certification Commission's 2011 development cycle is open through Dec. 11, 2009. Comments will be accepted on the first draft of... Read more...
NQF Helps Ensure Health IT Captures Information to Drive Quality Improvement
Washington, D.C. (November 12, 2009) - The National Quality Forum (NQF) announced today the release of the Quality Data Set (QDS), a common technological framework for defining clinical data... Read more...
McKesson to Support Continuity of Care Across Nationwide Healthcare Information Exchange
McKesson today announced Horizon ConnectTM , a key component of its "Connect" strategy to enable health information exchange (HIE) and patient care coordination within communities, across regions and... Read more...
McKesson to Support Continuity of Care Across Nationwide Healthcare Information Exchange
McKesson today announced Horizon ConnectTM , a key component of its "Connect" strategy to enable health information exchange (HIE) and patient care coordination within communities, across regions and... Read more...
Emergency Departments Use EDIMS' Analytics Tool to Send Daily H1N1 Reports to State Health Departments
LIVINGSTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EDIMS LLC, a leading provider of interoperable emergency department (ED) information management systems for hospitals, announced today that 22 of its client EDs in... Read more...
CHANGES TO THE PHYSICIAN QUALITY REPORTING INITIATIVE AND THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING INCENTIVE PROGRAM
PHYSICIAN QUALITY REPORTING INITIATIVE (PQRI) PQRI is a voluntary reporting program that provides an incentive payment to identified eligible professionals (EPs) who satisfactorily report data on... Read more...
MEDICARE PAID OVER $92 MILLION IN INCENTIVES FOR 2008 UNDER THE PHYSICIAN QUALITY REPORTING INITIATIVE
More than 85,000 physicians and other eligible professionals who successfully reported quality-related data to Medicare under the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) received incentive... Read more...
46% of High Priority Adults Plan to Skip the H1N1 Vaccine
Utica, NY - As the H1N1 swine flu vaccine becomes increasingly available, 46% of adults who are considered by the CDC to be members of high priority groups plan to ignore the CDC's recommendation for... Read more...
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Employs iPhone App to Improve Point-of-Care
Sarasota FL (OPENPRESS) October 6, 2009 -- Trey Lauderdale, Vice President of Innovation for Voaltė (pronounced volt), announced a newly established collaboration agreement with Sarasota Memorial... Read more...
New Innovative Products to be Announced include a Mobile Health System and a Wireless Homecare Hub
Holon, Israel, November 12, 2009 -- Aerotel Medical Systems, a leading global supplier of advanced remote monitoring solutions for personal telehealth and telecare, will present new innovative... Read more...
New Innovative Products to be Announced include a Mobile Health System and a Wireless Homecare Hub
Holon, Israel, November 12, 2009 -- Aerotel Medical Systems, a leading global supplier of advanced remote monitoring solutions for personal telehealth and telecare, will present new innovative... Read more...
New ASHIM Association Bridges Certification Gap in Healthcare Informatics
Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) November 10, 2009 -- A new association has formed to bridge a gap in Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) by providing a nationally recognized credential that... Read more...
Ingenix to Acquire CareMedic
Eden Prairie, Minn. and St. Petersburg, Fla., November 10, 2009 - Ingenix, a leading health information, technology and consulting company, today announced it will acquire CareMedic Services Inc., an... Read more...
Ingenix to Acquire CareMedic
Eden Prairie, Minn. and St. Petersburg, Fla., November 10, 2009 - Ingenix, a leading health information, technology and consulting company, today announced it will acquire CareMedic Services Inc., an... Read more...
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants athenahealth, Inc., a Patent for its Practice Management and Billing Automation System
WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of internet-based business services to physician practices, today announced that on November 10, 2009, the... Read more...
