New Bill to Improve Veterans’ Medical Data Accessibility
May 17, 2010
Recognizing the cumbersomeness of healthcare information transfer process from military to civilian life, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas has introduced a new legislation, which would help veterans access their military records, service, and benefits data securely and electronically. Through the Improving Veterans’ Electronic Transition Services Act (iVETS Act), the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would develop a Web-based portal to facilitate this capability. The portal will be based on the Defense Knowledge Online, a system that allows access to Official Military Personnel Files by all members in active duty until they become veterans. Read more
Cerner and CareFusion Collaborate for Better Medical Device and HIS Interoperability
April 30, 2010
CareFusion Corporation and Cerner Corporation have extended their know-how and experience in delivering solutions for better interoperability through a contract aimed at integrating CareFusion’s hospital information system with the latter’s device connectivity architecture. This move is expected to help healthcare providers deliver better care through greater system interoperability. Read more
Phoenix Health and Medsphere to Deliver IT Outsourcing Services and Open Source EHR Solution to Critical Access Hospital
March 19, 2010
Columbia Basin Hospital (CBH) has roped in Phoenix Health Systems for its Total IT Solution service line under a five-year contract. The agreement also includes the deployment of the OpenVista electronic health record (EHR) solution provided by Medsphere Systems Corporation. Phoenix’s Total IT Solution will be leveraged to meet the healthcare IT requirements of CBH’s nursing home, rural health clinic, assisted living center, and the hospital. Read more
iSOFT to offer Global Support for Picis Solutions
February 6, 2010
With intents to strengthen its position in the global acute care arena, Picis has signed a strategic partnership with iSOFT, through which the latter will offer implementation, distribution and global support for selected solutions of Picis CareSuite® family of high-acuity solutions across several international markets. Read more
Wolters Kluwer Health Supports Evidence-based Care with Multiple ProVation® Order Set Deals
February 5, 2010
The year has started off with a good note for Wolters Kluwer Health, with the information services company bagging several deals for deploying its products, especially its ProVation® Order Sets, at various healthcare organizations. The most recent implementation of its order set management solution is at High Point Regional Health System; selected to enable automation of the development, maintenance and deployment of order sets across its High Point Regional Medical Center. Read more
Cerner to Enhance SurgiNet Solution with Standardized Documentation Framework
February 1, 2010
In a move to enable care providers with streamlined documentation capabilities in the perioperative care settings, Cerner Corporation has partnered with the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), to incorporate AORN’s Standardized Perioperative Framework (SPF), AORN SYNTEGRITY™, with Cerner Millennium SurgiNet® solution. Read more
Intel Health Guide Enters UK Market with GE-Intel Alliance Expansion
January 8, 2010
With intents to aid care providers in addressing the increase in chronic diseases and conditions associated with the aging population, GE Healthcare and Intel Corporation have entered into an agreement to expand the sales and marketing of the Intel® Health Guide to the United Kingdom. Read more
Launch of First End-to-End Continua Standards-based Connected Health Solution
January 6, 2010
Continua Health Alliance has released the first Continua architecture-based end-to-end connected health application. This achievement of the more than 220-organization alliance, is said to be a noteworthy milestone in its goal to create an environment of interoperable connected personal health systems. Read more
ALERT: IBM Secures C$22.5 Million EHR Deal with Government of Manitoba
December 11, 2009
In a step towards facilitating the delivery of quality, efficient and cost-effective patient care across the province of Manitoba, the Government of Manitoba has roped in IBM Canada, to develop an interoperable electronic health record system (EHR). The design and development of the EHR system is in progress, and the deployment is expected to happen in 2010. The project is fund-supported by the Canada Health Infoway and Province of Manitoba. Read more
MEDecision and InSite One Partner to Support Image-enabled Health Information Exchange
December 5, 2009
Leveraging the 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference platform, MEDecision, Inc., the healthcare management solutions vendor, has announced a strategic cross-licensing and reselling agreement of services, technology and intellectual property with InSite One, Inc. The collaboration is anticipated to enable nationwide cross-enterprise sharing of both patient clinical and imaging data through a health information exchange (HIE)-capable archive solution. Read more
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