Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 12th, 2010 Indy-based e-health records network expands (The Indianapolis Star)
An Indianapolis-based electronic health records network that handles about 2.5 million secure data transactions every day is expanding beyond central Indiana.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 11th, 2010 Older health records won t be in new database, say officials (Metro Halifax)
The province s new multimillion-dollar electronic health database will not contain people s existing health records, officials confirmed yesterday. The oft-delayed project is supposed to merge all the provincial health databases into one easy-to-use system. But health officials told a public accounts committee meeting yesterday it would be too expensive and time consuming to digitize existing …
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 10th, 2010 Military expands health records pilot to Va (NBC 12 Richmond)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – The military is expanding a pilot electronic health records program to the Hampton Roads area.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 9th, 2010 Butler Health System Selects Alpha Systems for Enterprise Electronic Document Management (EDM) (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa.—-Alpha Systems, a premier provider of electronic data and document management solutions, today announced that Butler Health System , an innovative healthcare provider located in Pennsylvania, has named Alpha Systems their vendor of choice for enterprise electronic document management software.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 8th, 2010 St. Croix Regional Medical Center Secures Access to Electronic Medical Records With Imprivata (Marketwire)
Imprivata OneSign Integrated With Fingerprint Biometrics Provides Fast and Secure Access to Patient Health Information
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 5th, 2010 Incentives push hospitals toward electronic records (The Tennessean)
Expect the nation’s biggest hospital chains to pour more money into electronic health records over the next two years.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 4th, 2010 Local CHW hospitals first to implement electronic health records (KSBY San Luis Obispo)
KSBY News has learned that three local hospitals will be the first in Catholic Healthcare West’s 41 hospital system to use electronic health records. The paper world of medical files is about to enter cyber space at French Hospital Medical Center, Arroyo Grande Community Hospital and Marian Medical Center. A patient’s medical record will be accessible instantaneously to physicians and nurses at …
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 3rd, 2010 Verizon Launches IT Platform to Help Accelerate Adoption of Electronic Health Care Records (redOrbit)
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., March 3 /PRNewswire/ — In a significant step toward accelerating the adoption of electronic health records, Verizon Business has launched an information technology platform that enables the digital sharing of physician-dictated patient notes.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 2nd, 2010 Patients Are Not Being Adequately Informed About Electronic Patient Records, Says British Medical Association (Medical News Today)
Patients don’t have enough information about electronic patient records and it is too hard for them to opt-out if they want to, the BMA said today. Following limited local piloting, patients’ summary care records1 are now going to be uploaded to a central database across England. Five Strategic Health Authorities recently announced they were speeding up their plans2. Anyone who does not want to …
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 1st, 2010 Patients Are Not Being Adequately Informed About Electronic Patient Records, Says British Medical Association (Medical News Today)
Patients don’t have enough information about electronic patient records and it is too hard for them to opt-out if they want to, the BMA said today. Following limited local piloting, patients’ summary care records1 are now going to be uploaded to a central database across England. Five Strategic Health Authorities recently announced they were speeding up their plans2. Anyone who does not want to …
