Press Releases
Stories of Success! Health IT's Impact on National Safety Goals & Priorities
CHICAGO (February 2, 2010) - Emphasizing the link between improvements in healthcare quality and patient safety and health IT - HIMSS and ASQ (American Society for Quality) announce the selection of... Read more...
Medicity Awarded U.S. Patent for Its Revolutionary Agent Grid Technology
SALT LAKE CITY--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Medicity-the leading provider of health information exchange (HIE) solutions that empower physicians, hospitals and communities to improve care... Read more...
Wolters Kluwer Health Unveils Facts & Comparisons eAnswers Drug Information Reference
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it has relaunched its flagship drug... Read more...
MedQuist Agrees to Purchase Domestic Assets of Spheris
Mt. Laurel, NJ, February 3, 2010--MedQuist Inc., a leading provider of medical transcription software and services, today announced that it has agreed to purchase the domestic business of Spheris... Read more...
CDC Statement: Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Feb. 2, 2010--Recently, several state health departments and Consumer Reports magazine released summaries of infection rates in healthcare facilities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Read more...
New Health Department Initiative Helps Physicians Fill the Prevention Gap
February 1, 2010 - The Health Department's Primary Care Information Project (PCIP) today announced the launch of a new program to help primary-care physicians combat preventable health problems.... Read more...
HealthTech Holdings Acquires MEDHOST
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--HealthTech Holdings, Inc. (HHI), a healthcare technology holding company and parent of Healthcare Management Systems Inc. ® (HMS), announced today... Read more...
McKesson Offers Interest-Free Financing or Cash Rebates to Speed and Lower Costs of Physician EHR Adoption
Feb. 2, 2010--As part of its Achieve HIT stimulus program for physicians, McKesson today announced a limited-time offer to reduce the cost barriers associated with independent physician adoption of... Read more...
AMA: ILLINOIS HEALTH CARE ACCESS THREATENED BY COURT DECISION
Statement attributable to: J. James Rohack, M.D., President, American Medical Association Feb. 4, 2010--"For the second time in 13 years, an Illinois court has superseded the will of the people and... Read more...
Doctors cut back hours when risk of malpractice suit rises, study shows
Jan. 28, 2010--A new study shows that the number of hours physicians spend on the job each week is influenced by the fear of malpractice lawsuits. Economists Eric Helland and Mark Showalter found... Read more...
Greystone.Net Reveals Results of Research on Use of Social Media by Hospitals/Health Systems
Jan. 12, 2010 - ATLANTA - Nine in ten hospitals or health systems are currently involved in Social Media to some degree, while only one in three currently has a formal Social Media plan in place,... Read more...
IBM to Acquire Initiate Systems
Armonk, NY - February 3, 2010 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a market leader in data integrity software for information sharing... Read more...
AMA LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE TO HELP PHYSICIANS VOLUNTEER IN HAITI
CHICAGO - The American Medical Association announced today its new Web site registry supported by the National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) that can easily coordinate the deployment of physicians who... Read more...
HHS Activates Additional Components of National Disaster Medical System to Help U.S. Hospitals Treat Haiti Earthquake Survivors
As part of the ongoing medical response to the Haiti earthquake, USAID, the agency coordinating the US Government response, announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)... Read more...
AT&T Launches Mobile Paging and Group Notification Solution for Healthcare Organizations
DALLAS, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today announced it is teaming with Wallace Wireless, Inc. to offer Wallace Information Communicator (WIC) Pager, a premium group alert notification... Read more...
