Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on November 13th, 2008 Medicare program touts electronic health records (East Valley Tribune)
A new pilot program will allow Medicare beneficiaries in Arizona to choose a private vendor to compile and maintain their health record information electronically.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on November 12th, 2008 Medsphere and Indian Health Service Reach Accord on Multi-Year Contract for Healthcare Network Services (Centre Daily Times)
Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of Open Source healthcare IT solutions, today announced a five-year agreement with the federal government’s Indian Health Service (IHS) to provide support, maintenance and development for the agency’s Resource Patient Management System (RPMS) electronic health record (EHR) solution. The new contract extends and expands the existing relationship …
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on November 11th, 2008 MacPractice Kiosk interface allows paperless offices (MacNN)
MacPractice has launched its MacPractice Kiosk Interface with signature pad (link is temporarily inactive) for the company’s MacPractice MD, MacPractice DDS, MacPracticeDC and MacPractice 20/20 medical software. The kiosk is a customizable paperless solution for medical personnel to take registrations, health histories, consent forms and other medical records electronically with electronic …
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on November 10th, 2008 Beaver Dam Community Hospitals Moves to EHRs with McKesson’s Paragon(R) Community HIS (Centre Daily Times)
Beaver Dam Community Hospitals (BDCH), Inc. (Beaver Dam, Wis.) has chosen to implement award-winning healthcare information technology from McKesson to provide a fast track to electronic health records (EHRs). BDCH selected the Paragon(R) community healthcare information system (HIS) to provide integrated clinical and financial information systems and comprehensive EHRs for its new …
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on November 7th, 2008 Public call for e-health system (Australian IT)
THE federal Government has a strong mandate to introduce individual e-health records for Australians, a new consumer poll has found.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on November 6th, 2008 Case Western Reserve University professors call for regulation of electronic health records (EurekAlert!)
( Case Western Reserve University ) Cost and security concerns about bringing health care record keeping into the 21st century through electronic health records have led to a call for an effective regulatory and oversight system from a pair of Case Western Reserve professors who are responsible for one of the first scholarly studies to assess the need for federal regulation of EHR systems.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on November 5th, 2008 Professors Call For Regulation Of Electronic Health Records (Science Daily)
Cost and security concerns about bringing health care record keeping into the 21st century through electronic health records have led to a call for an effective regulatory and oversight system from professors who are responsible for one of the first scholarly studies to assess the need for federal regulation of EHR systems.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on November 4th, 2008 Minnesota awards grants for e-health records (BizJournals)
Minnesota is awarding $3.5 million in grants to help health providers set up electronic records systems that could be shared with other institutions.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on November 3rd, 2008 Grants Awarded To Support Interoperable Electronic Health Records, Minnesota (Medical News Today)
The Minnesota Department of Health’s Office of Rural Health and Primary Care today announced they have awarded grants totaling $3.5 million to help Minnesota providers develop interoperable electronic health records.
