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The Office of the National Coordinator has announced the addition of two more communities — Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge and Southeastern Michigan Health Association — to the Beacon Community program, according to an ONC news release.
HIMSS has launched Quality 101, a new online resource to serve as a primer for the basics and metrics of quality measurement and improvement, according to an HIMSS news release.
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced three sets of grants and cooperative agreements totaling $17 million will be distributed for patient-centered outcomes research, according to an HHS news release.
John Klimek, senior vice president of industry information technology at the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, offers key insights into how hospitals can better fuse medication reconciliation with electronic medical records.
A study conducted by the Group Health Research Institute and the University of Washington reveals patient preferred that their healthcare providers ask them more than once for consent to share their medical information if that information is used in more…
Detroit Medical Center, which operates eight hospitals throughout the Detroit area, attributes a savings of more than $5 million to the use of electronic medical records, according to a Detroit Medical Center news release.
The Markle Foundation, a New York City-based public interest group, is calling on healthcare providers to adopt a "blue button" feature the Veterans Affairs Department has set up this week for its patients, which allows veterans to download personal health…
Allscripts has announced the merger of Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions with Eclipsys Corporation, which will create the new entity Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, according to an Allscripts news release.
Jim Walker, MD, chief medical information officer at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., discusses six ways hospitals can prevent technical errors when using electronic health records.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has named the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology and the Drummond Group as the first healthcare information technology review bodies, according to a U.S. Department of Health & Human…