Electronic health records could help prevent pediatric misdiagnosis, according to a recent survey of 750 pediatricians across the country.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced that the VA Medical Center in Indianapolis will partner with the Indiana Health Information Exchange on a pilot to securely exchange electronic health data via the Nationwide Health Information Network.
Humana and athenahealth have announced an alliance, combining Humana's Primary Care Rewards Program with athenahealth's EHR service.
North Idaho College (NIC) is now offering a program to train students with a prior background in healthcare and/or information technology to construct and use electronic health records.
The Boy Scouts of America, now celebrating their 100th anniversary this week, is now using wireless access and other forms of healthcare information technology for the first time at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree.
On July 9th at Redwoord MedNet’s 4th Annual HIE Conference, the first publically stage multi-organization demonstration of Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Direct standards and technologies took place.
Cisco, a now 25-year-old telecommunications company, has announced that its Tunis office is the first business premises in Tunisia to be equipped with Cisco TelePresence technology.
Joyce Sensmeier, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) Vice President, Informatics, has recently been recognized as a Fellow with the American Academy of Nursing, a credential held by over 1,600 nursing leaders worldwide.
Proventix Systems and Synapse Wireless, both Alabama-based technology companies, say they will partner to provide technology to prevent healthcare acquired infections (HAIs).
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, an academic medical institution and the nation's largest nonprofit, non-sectarian hospital, has developed and launched a Web site which aims to improve the process of obtaining employment in the healthcare field.
