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Cincinnati, Detriot named final Beacon pilot communities

Top Stories | Thursday, September 02 2010
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Sept. 2 that Cincinnati and Detroit are the two final pilot communities selected under the new Beacon Community Program that is using health IT to help tackle leading health problems in communities across the U.S.
 

Community HIEs, regional IPAs select Greenway

Contracts & Installations | Wednesday, September 01 2010
Greenway Medical Technologies has added four health information exchange (HIE) programs, independent physician associations (IPAs) and regional medical centers to its client roster using PrimeSuite, the company’s EHR practice management and interoperability system, to connect group practices using clinical, financial and administrative functions.
 

Weno seeks ONC-ATCB status

Industry News | Tuesday, August 31 2010
Weno Healthcare has submitted its application to become an Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) authorized certification and testing body (ATCB) in an effort to increase overall adoption for certified EHR technology.
 

Maine HIE selects Health Language for clinical content integration

Contracts & Installations | Monday, August 30 2010
HealthInfoNet, the nonprofit organization managing the health information exchange (HIE) for the state of Maine, is partnering with medical terminology management company Health Language to assist in the transition from a two-year demonstration project to a full statewide HIE implementation.
 

Sage releases lastest version of Intergy

New Products | Friday, August 27 2010
Sage North America’s Sage Healthcare Division has released two new products: Sage Intergy version 6.10 and the Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition.
 

BayCare Health System names Thompson CIO

Executive Announcements | Wednesday, August 25 2010
Tim Thompson has been appointed CIO of BayCare Health System, a community-based healthcare system in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area, effective Sept. 7. Thompson joins BayCare from the Methodist Hospital System in Houston, where he served as CIO and senior vice president.
 

ONC hires Lockheed Martin to assist with NHIN

Contracts & Installations | Wednesday, August 25 2010
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has employed Lockheed Martin for two contracts to advance EHRs and secure health information exchanges to support the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), for a total of $9 million over two years.
 

Indianapolis VA to partner with IHIE for pilot program

Partnerships & Alliances | Wednesday, August 25 2010
The Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis will partner with the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) to exchange EHR information using the Nationwide Health Information Network.
 

California hospital selects RelayHealth's HIE

Contracts & Installations | Wednesday, August 25 2010
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, of Monterey, Calif., has selected RelayHealth's health information exchange (HIE) connectivity tool.
 

Report: Meaningful use criteria = health IT staff gaps

Top Stories | Tuesday, August 24 2010
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT predicts 50,000 additional health IT workers will be needed during the next five years to satisfy EHR meaningful use criteria. Thus, providers, payors and other stakeholders need to fill in workforce gaps with skill sets from other staff and focus on alternative ways to install and operate systems that realize economies of scale and therefore reduce health IT staff demands, according to a study from IT company CSC.
 

GE to assist with Virginia RHIO

Contracts & Installations | Monday, August 23 2010
When the Northern Virginia Regional Health Information Organization (NoVaRHIO) goes live with its first step towards an eHealth Information Exchange connecting patients and physicians across the region, it will leverage GE Healthcare as an infrastructure partner.
 

CMS issues guidance for state Medicaid IT implementation

Top Stories | Monday, August 23 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing guidance for state Medicaid directors and agencies regarding the implementation of CMS’ final regulations to allow the payment of incentives to eligible professionals and hospitals to promote the adoption and meaningful use of certified EHR technology.
 

Thomson Reuters, CareEvolution to assist N.C. HIE development

Partnerships & Alliances | Wednesday, August 18 2010
The North Carolina Hospital Association (NCHA) and the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) along with Moses Cone Health System and WakeMed Health & Hospitals have chosen health IT companies Thomson Reuters and CareEvolution to develop and launch the North Carolina Healthcare Information Exchange (NCHEX).
 

Tenn. alliance signs with ICA for HIE

Contracts & Installations | Wednesday, August 18 2010
Memphis, Tenn.-based MidSouth eHealth Alliance (MSeHA) has signed a multi-year contract with Informatics Corporation of America (ICA) under which ICA will provide health information exchange (HIE) capabilities to MSeHA.
 

Ingenix continues acquisition spree with Axolotl

Top Stories | Monday, August 16 2010
Ingenix, a subsidiary of payor UnitedHealth Group, is acquiring HIE service provider Axolotl, for an undisclosed amount. The Axolotl management team will remain in place and lead Ingenix’ efforts in healthcare community connectivity, according to Ingenix.
 

EMR adoption could be contagious

Industry News | Monday, August 16 2010
Persuading influential medical centers to adopt EMRs helps speed adoption by their neighboring hospitals, according to the August issue of Management Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
 

Report: Mobile data service market to reach $27B by 2014

Industry News | Thursday, August 12 2010
The latest quarterly update to research firm ABI Research’s enterprise mobility regional market data sets shows that healthcare, retail and manufacturing will command more than 36 percent of all mobile business customer data revenues worldwide over the next five years.
 

NextGate updates MatchMetrix, releases three data mgmt suites

New Products | Tuesday, August 10 2010
NextGate has released MatchMetrix 7, a master data management (MDM) platform used to build industry-specific indexes, and three MDM suites for healthcare organizations that are built on the MatchMetrix 7 MDM platform.
 

Washington state publicly posts hospital adverse drug event data

Industry News | Monday, August 09 2010
Information on adverse events, medical errors and ways to prevent them in Washington hospitals and facilities is now online on a recently uploaded website where errors are reported by medical facilities and tracked by the state health department to improve patient safety and care at hospitals and facilities across the state, according to the Washington State Department of Health.
 

Axolotl releases Elysium Express HIE migration tool

New Products | Friday, August 06 2010
Axolotl has released Elysium Express, a new tool for hospital-to-physician and physician-to-physician connectivity providing an open migration path for health information exchange (HIE) needs.
 
Web Exclusives

Feature: U.S. needs national strategy to curb imaging overutilization

Medical imaging overutilization--a growing concern in the U.S.--exposes patients to unnecessary radiation, while also adding to rising healthcare costs, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in Radiology. In an interview, William R. Hendee, PhD, lead author, reviewed various methods by which medical imaging could be curtailed.

Radiology: Prelim study shows CE breast CT outperforms CT, mammo

Dedicated contrast-enhanced (CE) breast CT delivered significantly improved conspicuity of malignant breast lesions, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), compared with unenhanced breast CT and mammography, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.

Radiology: Rad role may evolve as image-guided biopsies trend up

CT, ultrasound and MRI have helped shift biopsy techniques away from more invasive approaches toward image-guided percutaneous techniques, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology. The trend toward less-invasive approaches translates into enhanced safety and efficiency and could lead to more interaction between patients and radiologists.

CMS Webinar: Incentive payments to offset EHR adoption, not reimburse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) EHR incentive payments are not considered reimbursement for money expended on EHR technology, but are intended to offset the cost associated with adoption and ongoing meaningful use, according to CMS during an Aug. 12 webinar.

CMS webinar: Eligible professionals can expect EHR incentives in 2011

Funding incentives for EHR use is the main goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) meaningful use initiative, and there are incentive programs for both hospitals and eligible professionals, according to Elizabeth Holland, health insurance specialist at the Department of Health and Human Services, who spoke during a CMS-sponsored webinar Aug. 8.

Webinar: Stage 1 of meaningful use is for quality reporting acclimation

Stage 1 requirements for meaningful use incentives aim to strike a balance between the overall goal of EHR use and widespread adoption, while avoiding added work, said Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer at Elsevier Health Services, during a HIMSS webinar titled “Meaningful Use: Safety and Quality of Care.”

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