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Survey: More work needed to integrate care management, IT
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New research concludes that the pace of automating and integrating care management workflows into health IT systems, remains slow.
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Employing a Strategic Approach to Implementing Meaningful Use Objectives
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As healthcare providers examine the final "meaningful use" regulations, perhaps too much focus is centered on IT system requirements and gap analysis.  Read »

UTHealth automates medical research consent process with iMedConsent
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There seems to be more and more money going into biomedical research, with not enough product coming out, according to researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.  Read »

HIMSS launches new website to help with quality reporting
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Meaningful use incentives make quality – and quality reporting – an integral component of electronic health records.  Read »

HHS awards $17 million for patient-centered outcomes research
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The government will distribute nearly $17 million for patient-centered outcomes research that is supported by health information te  Read »

Allscripts, Eclipsys complete merger
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Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman celebrated the launch of the newly-combined company today by presiding over the NASDAQ opening bell.  Read »

Weno Healthcare Inc. applies to be a temporary certification body
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Weno Healthcare Inc. has applied to become a temporary electronic health record certification body and, if accepted, plans to shake up the competition.

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Clinical suite gains EuroRec approval
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CSC, a Falls Church, Va.-based provider of technology-enabled solutions, has received EuroRec certification for its Clinical Suite.   Read »

Please ask: People want control of their genetic data
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People want to be informed and asked for consent before deciding whether to share their genetic information in a federal database, according to a Group Health study that bills itself as the first t  Read »

Orion Health to lead expansion of Maine's HIE
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Maine's HealthInfoNet, the statewide health information exchange, has selected Santa Monica, Calif.-based Orion Health as its primary technology provider to help the HIE expand.  Read »