Featured

Physician Incentive Programs worth US$700 Million to fuel EHR Adoption

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT®) has indicated an increase in the financial incentives for physician electronic health record (EHR) adoption programs, augmented primarily by benefits assured for CCHIT-certified EHRs. Read more »

Medicaid Transformation Initiatives Signal New Opportunities for IT Vendors

The culmination of Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) contracts of 21 states in the next five years and the growing efforts to modernize aging systems is anticipated to open up tremendous opportunities for healthcare IT vendors according to a report by INPUT®, a market research firm with a strong focus on government business. Read more »

eHealth

Covisint to support Minnesota Health Information Exchange

Covisint, a subsidiary of Compuware Corporation, has been awarded a contract by the Minnesota Health Information Exchange (MN HIE), to provide technology support in building one of the largest e-health exchanges in the United States. Covisint will provide its OnDemand collaboration platform to enable caregivers across the state to gain real-time access to vital patient health and medication information at the point-of-care. Read more »

Tech

McKesson and Fair Isaac Launch InvestiClaim™ to Help Control Insurance Fraud and Abuse

McKesson Corporation has released InvestiClaim™, a solution that will facilitate health plans detect and manage fraud and abuse. The product is the result of a partnership between McKesson and Fair Isaac Corporation, a Minneapolis, MN-based provider of enterprise decision management systems and consulting services. With the combined expertise of McKesson’s claims management and clinical know-how and Fair Isaac’s predictive analytics and decision-making technology, InvestiClaim is expected to help detect problematic claims before payment. Read more »

Insights

Frost & Sullivan Reports High Growth Opportunity For Acute Care Information Systems Across Europe

The potential for acute care information systems (ACIS) is soaring across Europe, with increasing demand for better process efficiencies, and the need for a single patient record and data exchange capability being the primary driving force, according to Frost & Sullivan. Read more »

Health IT

The Global Health IT Review Series

The Global Health IT Review is a quarterly report that provides a summary and analysis of the major healthcare IT deals, strategic collaborations, mergers and acquistions, product development, and general insights on the Health IT industry. This report is invaluable for top management and decision makers, strategists, business development managers, and competitive intelligence professionals from the healthcare IT industry.
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Bio-IT

Bio-IT - How is Information Technology transforming Healthcare?

The Bio IT report provides a summary of the transformation and adoption of IT services in the life science, healthcare, and pharma industries, and an in-depth analysis of the current status and prospects of the global Bio IT market, as well as domestic markets in US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific region. The report also contains a roundup of the major trends, outsourcing opportunities in the Bio-IT sector, and the impact of the bioinformatics market on the global Bio-IT market. The report features the products and services from the top 30 Bio-IT vendors, and significant Bio-IT product launches during the period 2007-08. Read more »

Events

The 4th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress, December 8-10, 2008 | Washington DC.

The 4th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT v.4.0), convening over 400 healthcare executives, is positioned to be this year’s must-attend innovation and technology conference for healthcare C-suite executives and thought leaders. HealthNEWS.Direct! is proud to be the official knowledge partner for this congress.

Visit the official website for WHIT v.4.0 to learn more and register.

Press Releases

LifeSensor Passes Performance Benchmark safely

August 05, 2008: 10,000 virtual users access 10 million LifeSensor personal health records simultaneously. Response times are stable at less than two seconds. In a nutshell, this is the result of a ten-day performance test conducted by eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW) at the Hewlett Packard European Performance and Benchmark Center. Read more »

Brenmoor Signs Contract with NHS Supply Chain for Printable Patient Wristbands

July 17, 2008: British company, Brenmoor Ltd has signed a contract with NHS Supply Chain to supply printable patient wristbands into its regional distribution depots. The contract was awarded to three companies and Brenmoor is the only British company involved, with the other two being from America and Japan. Read more »