HP announces their new print security offering, HP Access Control (AC) Printing Solutions That improves security in healthcare organizations.
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Meaningful Use Stage 2 Final Rule Overview
Overview of the CMS/ONC recently released meaningful use stage 2 final rule requirements for the Electronic Health Records incentive programs
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Partners Healthcare Considers Epic Systems for Integrated Statewide System
Partners Healthcare, the state's largest healthcare provider in Massachusetts is currently in negotiations with Epic Systems to replace it's existing number of various electronic health record systems that was built in-house with a single EHR solution. The transition is expected to cost over $600 million over 10 years will move Partners in the right direction towards a more integrated, statewide system for sharing medical records. Epic Systems will allow each patient a single up to date record
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InterSystems Launches Next Generation of HealthShare
InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, this week launched the next generation of its InterSystems HealthShare™ strategic informatics platform for interoperability and active analytics.
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Survey: Resistance to Workflow as Leading Obstacle to CPOE Adoption
Imprivata announces the results of its 5th annual survey examining IT trends in healthcare reporting resistance to workflow changes as the leading obstacle to CPOE adoption Imprivata, the leader in secure access and collaboration for healthcare, announced this week the results of its fifth annual survey examining IT trends in healthcare. According to this year’s findings:
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ONC Releases Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information
ONC's Office of the Chief Privacy Officer (OCPO) recently released a "Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information,"* an instructional guide designed to
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Allscripts Swallows Poison Pill to Avoid Hostile Takeover
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. announced on Monday adopted a shareholder rights plan, also commonly called a "poison pill" to protect itself from any potential hostile takeover
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KLAS Report: 55% of Providers Planning to Buy Business Intelligence Tools Over 3 Yrs
According to a the recent KLAS report released this week, over half of healthcare providers are looking to purchase business intelligence tools over the net years signaling a tidal wave of growth as the industry search for solutions to help them combat a number of regulatory challenges such as ACO, HIE, and others. The KLAS report, Business Intelligence Perception 2012: A Wave is Coming, was created from data collected between January and March representing 137 unique healthcare provider
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Startups:Digital Health Accelerator Program Accepting Applications
Last week, the New York eHealth Collaborative announced the New York Digital Health Accelerator (NTDHA) that is run by the NYeC in partnership with the NYCIF and the New York State Department of Health. The program will fund 12 early- and growth-stage digital health companies that are developing cutting edge technology products for healthcare providers.
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News:ICD-9 Code Freeze Extended 1 Year
Pat Brooks, RHIA, Sr. Technical Advisor at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today during this week's ICD-10 Summit that the ICD-9 code freeze, orginally scheduled for October, 1 2014 will be extended one year
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