Press Releases
Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 11 nations finds U.S. Lagging In Access, Quality, and Use of Health Information Technology
New York, NY, November 5, 2009-Fifty-eight percent of primary care doctors in the U.S. report their patients often have difficulty paying for medications and care, and half of U.S. doctors spend... Read more...
SEEDIE Submits Meaningful Use Recommendations
SEEDIE, the Society for Exorbitantly Expensive and Difficult to Implement EHRs, has submitted unsolicited recommendations to HHS regarding ARRA guidance and policy around physician incentives for EHR... Read more...
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport Selects Allscripts EHR, Practice Management and Revenue Cycle Management for 100 Physicians
CHICAGO and GULFPORT, Miss., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) announced today that Memorial Hospital at Gulfport has selected the Company's Electronic Health Record (EHR)... Read more...
InterMed Taps Dimension Data to Support and Implement EMR System, Enhancing Processes, Responsiveness and Patient Care
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Dimension Data, a $4.5 billion IT services and solutions provider, today announced the implementation, support and integration of InterMed, P.A.'s electronic medical... Read more...
Study Lays Foundation for More Patient Access to Medical Records
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that many patients are dissatisfied with the way they receive results of radiology tests and... Read more...
Quantros Acquires MediQual from CareFusion Corporation
SAN FRANCISCO - November 5, 2009 - Quantros, Inc., an industry leader in healthcare data management, decision support analytics and prospective point of care data surveillance solutions, today... Read more...
U.S. Department of Justice Confirms Large Corporate Owned Hospitals Involved in Illegal Contracting Schemes in McAllen, Texas
(Washington, D.C.) Over the last few months, concern over healthcare costs in McAllen, Texas has been incorrectly aimed by a few in Congress toward physician ownership. However, current federal... Read more...
HHS Strengthens HIPAA Enforcement
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule with request for comments today to strengthen its enforcement of the rules promulgated under the Health Insurance... Read more...
Hospital Value Index Quality Award Recipients Released -- Superior Quality Merit Award recognizes 75 hospitals nationwide
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ‐ Data Advantage, LLC announced today 75 hospitals receiving a Best in ValueTM: Superior Quality Merit Award from the 2009‐2010 Hospital Value IndexTM the first and only national... Read more...
MORE EMPLOYERS TURNING TO UNITEDHEALTHCARE'S DIABETES HEALTH PLAN TO HELP IMPROVE HEALTH, CONTROL COSTS
MINNEAPOLIS - (Nov. 4, 2009) - Employers are signing up for a first-of-its-kind health plan by UnitedHealthcare designed to help control the escalating costs of insuring diabetic and pre-diabetic... Read more...
CHRISTUS Health, TX's Revenue Refunding Bonds Assigned 'A+' Rating; Series 2008C-5 Bond Rating Withdrawn
DALLAS Oct. 29, 2009--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'A+' long-term rating to Tarrant County Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corp., Texas' $73.3 million series 2009C... Read more...
AET's Telemedicine Solution Provides Real-Time Echocardiogram Consult, Saves Costly Transport of Newborn Infant
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Telemedicine solution provider AET (American Educational Telecommunications; www.aetmedical.com) completed a first of its kind, real-time remote diagnosis of a... Read more...
U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Joins mHealth Alliance
Washington, DC (Vocus/PRWEB ) October 31, 2009 -- The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest commitment ever by any nation to combat a single disease, is joining the... Read more...
Epocrates Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(Business Wire)-- Epocrates, Inc., a leading developer of mobile clinical decision support software, today celebrated its 10 year anniversary. More than 900,000 medical... Read more...
Coca-Cola Grant Launches AAFP Consumer Alliance Program
The AAFP today announced a corporate partnership with The Coca-Cola Co., in which the beverage giant will provide a grant for the Academy to develop consumer education content related to beverages... Read more...
