New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City has established its Center for Digestive Care, which aims to provide high quality patient care, research and education for all aspects of digestive diseases, according to a Weill Cornell news…
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Broadlane, a leading cost-management company for healthcare providers and supplier of technology-driven supply chain solutions, has partnered with OB10, a global e-Invoicing network, to offer a comprehensive electronic supply chain solution to its more than 1,000 acute-care hospital clients in…
Explorys, a newly formed company, has developed a search engine that will allow healthcare organizations to search an electronic database of de-identified patient data, according to a report by AMEDNews.
Melville, N.Y.-based Sequel Systems, a service-oriented healthcare technology company, announced the launch and general availability of SequelMed Patient Portal, a new, Web-based tool that is designed to improve communication between physicians and patients, giving patients instant access to their personal…
A new Web site from Virginia Health Information will allow patients to see the prices for procedures at various locations of service, including ASCs and hospitals, according to a report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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InformationWeek has named Hospital Corporation of America to its 2009 InformationWeek 500, which lists the nation's most innovative users of business technology, according to an HCA news release.
Middlesex Hospital has launched an online clock for the emergency departments at three of its locations: Middletown, Conn., Essex, Conn., and Marlborough, Conn., according to a report in the Hartford Courant.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark launched a new Web tool that allows patients to compare the costs different medical facilities charge for 17 elective surgical procedures, according to a report in Insurance & Financial Advisor.
A new Web site, www.pa-hospital-search.com, will allow consumers to make more informed decisions when choosing a hospital, according to a news release by Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., the law firm that compiled the data.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota introduced Care Comparison, a new online tool that customers can use to estimate the total treatment cost of dozens of common elective procedures, according to a BCBS news release.