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DiagnosisOne Teams with Allscripts

December 19, 2011 – 10:30 am

 DiagnosisOne, the clinical decision support and analytics company, today announced a strategic agreement with Allscripts, the leading global provider of Electronic Health Record (EHR) and other technologies essential to creating a Connected Community of Health(TM), to integrate its industry leading smartPath healthcare informatics platform with the Allscripts Professional EHR(TM). Under the agreement, Allscripts will offer read more »

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Xerox subsidiary buys medical records company

December 19, 2011 – 10:27 am

Office equipment and software maker Xerox Corp. announced that its ACS subsidiary bought The Breakaway Group, a cloud-computing company, to expand its electronic medical records business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Breakaway Group, based in Denver, owns a training simulation program called PromisePoint that helps medical workers learn to use electronic records. read more »

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Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL) Partnering with CapSite to Assist Physicians with EMR Implementation

December 19, 2011 – 10:12 am

CapSite™ announced today thatVermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc.(VITL), a non-profit organization assistingVermonthealthcare providers to adopt and use health information technology (HIT) to improve patient care, has subscribed to the CapSite service to assistVermontphysician practices in improving their processes for purchasing healthcare technology. CapSite’s online, subscription-based service provides extraordinarily detailed transparency on healthcare technology pricing and read more »

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Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative Helps Adirondack Region Medical Home Project Achieve Major Milestone In Care Coordination

December 15, 2011 – 8:45 am

The Adirondack Region Medical Home Pilot Program recently had 29 of 31 primary care practices recognized as Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Homes from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) – the highest level achievable. With the implementation support services and expertise of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), the healthcare providers of the Adirondack read more »

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Single Touch Systems Inc. and NextGen Management LLC Partner to Deliver a Broad Range of Doctor-to-Patient Mobile Messaging to National Network of Physicians

December 15, 2011 – 8:42 am

Single Touch Systems Inc. announced an agreement with NextGen Management LLC that will allow doctors in NextGen’s network to deliver wellness-focused mobile communications and branded content to their patients. Utilizing Single Touch’s proprietary messaging platform, NextGen’s newest offering will be marketed to health care professionals under the brand name, “Doctor’s Communication Services” (DCS). This service is read more »

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Online guide helps health organizations adopt electronic health records

December 15, 2011 – 8:35 am

A new online guide is available from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to help hospitals and other health care organizations anticipate, avoid and address problems that can occur when adopting and using electronic health records. The free tool, called the “Unintended Consequences Guide,” was created to provide practical troubleshooting knowledge and resources. read more »

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SuccessEHS Releases Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Toolkit

December 15, 2011 – 8:32 am

SuccessEHS announces the release of the new Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Toolkit, designed to equip clients with a dependable roadmap to NCQA 2011 PCMH recognition, which incorporates and expands upon the meaningful use criteria. The release of the Toolkit complements the robust capabilities within the SuccessEHS solution that support the patient-centered care model, and underscores read more »

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Poor Integration with Clinical Workflow Hinders CDS Success

December 7, 2011 – 4:34 pm

With new EMR infrastructure under their heels and tightening budgets under their belts, providers are looking to new clinical decision support (CDS) tools to give better—not more—healthcare. But do CDS tools deliver? For the new KLAS report, Clinical Decision Support 2011: Understanding the Impact, KLAS interviewed 344 providers to rate their CDS tools’ performance and better understand the influence of these new CDS tools on patient care.

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LA State University Health System Launches EMR

November 14, 2011 – 2:10 pm

The Louisiana State University Health System, which has operated with paper records to keep track of patient care, has launched what authorities promise will eventually grow into the nation’s first public statewide electronic medical system.

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AMA to Present Free Webinar on ACOs

November 14, 2011 – 2:06 pm

The American Medical Association is presenting a free webinar about accountable care organizations on Nov. 21. AMA President-elect Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD, and Harold Miller, a consultant and expert on ACOs, will lead a 60-minute online session that outlines the major provisions of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ final rule on ACOs, including read more »

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