Integration a must for pharmacy systems, KLAS finds
Date: May 26, 2009
OREM, UT – Healthcare providers are insisting on better integration of pharmacy systems with their core clinical systems,  concludes a new report from KLAS.   Read »

Analysis: Home healthcare for chronic patients saves Medicare $1.71B
Date: May 21, 2009
Medicare patients with diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or congestive heart failure who used home healthcare within three months of discharge from a hospital cost the program $1.71 billion less than those who used other forms of post-acute care over a two-year period.   Read »

New Hampshire hospital expands automated billing system
Date: May 20, 2009
The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., plans to roll out its existing automated billing system to some 150 specialty providers with practices in southern New Hampshire.   Read »

Shared online platform empowers patients and physicians
Date: May 20, 2009
Through a joint effort by Quest Diagnostics and Microsoft HealthVault, patients and physicians can now share diagnostic laboratory test results online.   Read »

Study identifies top five wireless challenges
Date: May 20, 2009
A new study identifies the top five challenges senior IT executives face when implementing wireless applications and devices in the healthcare setting.   Read »

Sebelius: Interoperability is imperative
Date: May 18, 2009
 WASHINGTON – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told members of the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday that health reform is not contingent merely upon health IT adoption, but on health IT interoperability.    Read »

New evidence touts benefits of telemedicine for stroke patients
Date: May 18, 2009
 DALLAS – According to new scientific evidence, a remote exam of a stroke patient performed via videoconferencing is as effective as a bedside evaluation, and a good argument for the increased use of telemedicine for stroke care.   Read »

Report : HIT and medical technology are prime investments for 2009
Date: May 18, 2009
 NEW YORK – Healthcare IT and medical technology are primed for investment in 2009, according to an annual report on healthcare investing issues.   Read »

Children's Medical Center tweets live kidney transplant surgery
Date: May 18, 2009
DALLAS – Children's Medical Center in Dallas has become the first hospital to tweet in real time during a transplant surgery.   Read »

New mobile diabetes management solution for healthcare unveiled
Date: May 06, 2009
The first commercial trial of mPRO Care, launched by Mobile Health Tech at Clarkstown Medical Associates, PC in New York, touts a two-way mobile diabetes solution that provides automated reminders and accepts readings using standard cell phones on all major U.S. service providers.   Read »