The Department of Health and Human Services has published a final rule implementing parts of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.
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21Nov
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21Nov
The University of California San Diego Medical Center has installed software from FairWarning Inc. to audit compliance with state and federal privacy regulations.
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21Nov
InnerWireless Inc., a Richardson, Texas-based company that sells converged networks to health care organizations, will resell asset tracking technology from Aeroscout, Redwood City, Calif.
Tags: Health, Health Care
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21Nov
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has published a final rule that changes existing processes employers must follow to clarify or authenticate a medical certification form under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
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21Nov
A new report examines how health information technology is supporting systemic improvements in Medicaid programs and State Children’s Health Insurance Programs.
Tags: children, Health, Health Insurance, Medicaid
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21Nov
Mediware Information Systems Inc., Lenexa, Kan., has acquired Hann’s On Software, a Santa Rosa, Calif.-based vendor of pharmacy information systems.
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20Nov
Standards development organization Health Level Seven has released four new guides for implementing its Clinical Document Architecture in specific settings.
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20Nov
Franklin, Tenn.-based Spheris, a major vendor of Web-based dictation/transcription software bundled with outsourced transcribing services, has named Daniel Kohl as president, CEO and a board member.
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20Nov
Siemens Healthcare, Malvern, Pa., has launched a Web-based educational program that provides nursing students and faculty with simulated information systems used in hospitals.
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20Nov
GE Global Research and the Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative within the Department of Defense will jointly develop a “virtual human” computer model to speed development of new drugs.
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20Nov
The American National Standards Institute in New York has formed a work group to prioritize work on information technology standards that support clinical research.
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20Nov
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology is considering expanding the scope of its certification programs.
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19Nov
The Indiana Health Information Exchange has launched its Quality Health First disease management and preventive health services notification program.
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19Nov
IntelliDot Corp. has partnered with Iatric Systems Inc. to integrate IntelliDot’s wireless bar code medication administration system to the hospital information systems of Medical Information Technology Inc.
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19Nov
In a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing Nov. 18, Ivan Seidenberg, chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, stressed the need for immediate health care reform, including using information technology to empower consumers.
Tags: Health, Health Care, Stress, U.S.
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19Nov
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has published a final rule setting the Medicare Part B physician fee schedule for 2009. The rule will permit until 2012 the use of computer-generated faxes of prescriptions for Medicare patients to pharmacies, reversing an earlier CMS decision to prohibit the practice.
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19Nov
WebMD Health Corp.’s acquisition of Marketing Technology Solutions Inc. is off. The companies have terminated the deal, which was announced in September. The vendors did not disclose a reason for the termination.
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19Nov
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston will conduct a clinical research study on the effectiveness of using automated telephone follow-up systems to help manage chronically ill patients using commonly prescribed medications.
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18Nov
Waukesha, Wis.-based GE Healthcare has introduced three new information technology service offerings that it developed with clients.
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18Nov
The Molecular Genetics Core Facility of Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School will implement genetic analysis software from Geospiza Inc., Seattle.
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