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12/11/2009 Medical transcription service group addresses standards, practices Show Summary »

ICSA Labs and the Medical Transcription Industry Association have formed the Medical Transcription Service Consortium, designed to devise common standards and practices for the creation and sharing of physicians' dictated patient notes.
12/09/2009 Entering the EHR technology rush through Medicare, Medicaid grants Show Summary »

The advent of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has launched an EHR technology gold rush, as hospitals, private practitioners and other medical professionals grapple with new mandates, reimbursement programs and penalties surrounding mandated adoption of electronic health records.
12/07/2009 How to form alliances with healthcare IT providers Show Summary »

Members of the healthcare industry, long accustomed to calling in outside experts for assistance with tasks ranging from billing or specialized medical procedures, are teaming up with healthcare IT providers to hasten and expand their adoption of technologies, to cut management and hosting costs, and to manage everyday maintenance.

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12/18/2009 With Sentillion, Microsoft enters the EHR arena Show Summary »

Microsoft has acquired Sentillion Inc., a privately held company specializing in software for the healthcare industry. In doing so, Microsoft has joined Google, IBM, Dell, General Electric, Siemens, McKesson and Cerner in their collective rush to profit from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act designation of $19...
12/15/2009 Dr. Halamka, chairman of HITSP, comments on Beacon Communities Program Show Summary »

Harvard University's John D. Halamka, MD, chairperson of the HITSP committee, shared on his personal blog comments about the announced $235 million dollar...
12/14/2009 Maine’s HealthInfoNet now largest HIE in US Show Summary »

At the July meeting of the Hanley Leadership Forum, Maine’s nonprofit HealthInfoNet announced that it will “go live” with the nation's largest statewide electronic health information exchange (HIE). Only Delaware and Vermont have similar statewide exchanges in operation.

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11/24/2009 Web-based software for human services helps AZ serve growing needs Show Summary »

The state of Arizona has used Web-based software for human services for several years, but it’s been the recent economic downturn that has demonstrated the real value of the system. Instead of waiting in line, residents can apply for assistance programs such as Medicaid and food stamps at home, in the office or at the library. State employees, meanwhile, have an easier time...
11/20/2009 Patient transfer software helps hospital convert referrals Show Summary »

This case study demonstrates the benefits of patient transfer software, which one Virginia hospital rolled out in its call center to increase the number of new patients the hospital received through referrals.
11/05/2009 EHR software helps clinic send e-prescriptions, view charts remotely Show Summary »

Using Aprima’s practice management and electronic health records (EHR) software lets physicians at one Ohio family practice send electronic prescriptions and view patient charts remotely. In addition, billing information need only be entered once. Read more about Monroe Medical Center’s selection and subsequent implementation of EHR software in this case study.

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