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TigerText Integrates With MobileIron to Enhance Secure Messaging

by HITC Staff 11/12/2014 Leave a Comment

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Secure messaging provider TigerText today announced an integration partnership with mobile device management provider,MobileIron. As part of MobileIron's AppConnect Ecosystem, IT departments can now instantly push the TigerText app to thousands of employees' devices and manage access using MobileIron's console, while end users can start securely texting in just a few easy steps. With hundreds of health systems using MobileIron to manage their employee's mobile apps and services, this
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Health IT in India: Providers Expected to Spend $1.1B in 2014

by HITC Staff 11/11/2014 Leave a Comment

Health IT in India_Report Finds Health IT Spending On Pace To Top $34.5B in 2014

Healthcare providers are expected to spend $1.1 billion dollars on health IT products and services in India, a five percent increase over 2013, according to Gartner. The report forecast includes health IT products and services spending by healthcare providers (includes hospitals and hospital systems, as well as ambulatory service and physicians' practices) on internal services, software, IT services, data center, devices and telecom services. Key Findings - IT Services, which includes
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China Center for mHealth Innovation Launches To Improve Community Health

by HITC Staff 11/11/2014 Leave a Comment

Health IT Market in China Expected to Reach $3.97B by 2020

Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ and The George Institute for Global Health have announced their collaboration on the creation of the China Center for mHealth Innovation (CCmHI) to support the Central Government’s initiatives to improve community healthcare in China. CCmHI will help improve community healthcare in China by developing mHealth solutions, implementing clinical evaluations and contributing to strategies for the implementation and scale-up of effective and affordable mHealth
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CDISC and HIMSS Collaborate To Enable HIT Interoperability

by HITC Staff 11/10/2014 Leave a Comment

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CDISC and HIMSS collaborate to foster the adoption of standards to enable the interoperability of health IT systems. Recognizing the importance of and need for effective reuse of data in electronic health records (EHRs) for research purposes, the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) and HIMSS extend their existing and long-standing relationship and, in collaboration with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) USA, work together to foster the adoption of standards to
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5 Essentials to Reduce Healthcare Data Breaches

by HITC Staff 11/07/2014 Leave a Comment

Global Healthcare Cybersecurity Spending Expected to Exceed $65B Over 5 Years_Security Data Breaches_Ransomware

According to the 2014 Healthcare Breach Report from Bitglass, the total number of healthcare data breaches per year has remained fairly constant for the past three years—averaging about 200 breaches per year. About 6x as many credit card numbers as medical records are stolen each year. Healthcare data breaches are a big deal for healthcare consumers, the cost of breaking the rules is steep: Up to $50,000 per HIPAA violation, or up to $1,500,000 per calendar year per identical violation. In one
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Intermountain & Healthbox to Launch New Healthcare Innovation Model

by HITC Staff 11/06/2014 Leave a Comment

Intermountain & Healthbox to Launch New Healthcare Innovation Model

Intermountain Healthcare and Healthbox have announced the launch of their unique healthcare innovation and venture model that harnesses internal creativity and external disruption. While the physical structure for this endeavor is being developed in Salt Lake City adjacent to the system’s flagship medical center, the Innovation at Intermountain initiative is already stimulating collaboration between inventors, entrepreneurs and healthcare industry experts alike to improve quality and service
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Less Than 17% of Hospitals Meet Meaningful Use Stage 2

by HITC Staff 11/06/2014 Leave a Comment

Only 8 Hospitals Have Attested for Meaningful Use Stage 2

Less than 17 percent of hospitals have demonstrated Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements, according to the latest CMS data. As of September 30, less than 38 percent of eligible hospitals (EHs) and critical access hospitals (CAHs) have met either Stage of Meaningful Use in 2014. CMS has paid out more than $25 billion incentive payments to eligible hospitals and professionals participating in the meaningful use program.  The disappointing meaningful use data numbers reflects how hospitals are
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GHX Acquires Vendormate to Expand Supply Chain Portfolio

by HITC Staff 11/06/2014 Leave a Comment

Healthcare Supply Chain Market Private Equity Firm Acquires GHX, Healthcare Supply Chain Leader

Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), a leader in supply chain solutions, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Atlanta-based Vendormate, the leader in vendor relationship management software. Vendormate's solutions add vendor credentialing capabilities to the GHX supply chain portfolio delivering even greater supply chain visibility for healthcare providers and suppliers. The acquisition is expected to close within the next 30 days. The acquisition of Vendormate adds
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Cerner In Talks to Acquire Siemens Radiology Information Systems

by HITC Staff 11/05/2014 Leave a Comment

Siemens Radiology Information Systems

Cerner is currently in talks to acquire Siemens Radiology Information System (RIS) solution, SearchHealthIT first reports. The Siemens radiology information system (RIS) offerings are apart of the syngo line of medical imaging software based in Malvern, PA. Cerner recently acquired Siemens health information technology business for $1.3 billion in cash back in August, which includes Siemens Soarian EHR solution. No decision has been made just yet; however, there has been confusion among
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HHS Appoints Members to Health Information Technology Policy & Standards Committees

by HITC Staff 11/04/2014 Leave a Comment

HHS Launches EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge_HHS Funded Health Care Innovation Award Projects to Watch

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today appointed a new member to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC) and renewed appointments for three members of the Health IT Standards Committee (HITSC). The federal advisory committees are responsible for recommending policies and technologies needed to implement a nationwide health information technology infrastructure and strategic plan.  Committee Background  The two federal advisory committees were
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