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By Joseph Conn  | December 4, 2014     Five major electronic health-record system developers and four information-technology pioneer provider organizations have formed an alliance to promote a new, Internet-based approach to interoperability and clinical information exchange.  “It brings Facebook-, Google- and Amazon-like thinking to healthcare IT,” said physician informaticist Dr. John Halamka, chief information officer at BethRead more

11/05/2014 6:52 PM   11/05/2014 7:55 PM   Diane Stafford, stafford@kcstar.com     Cerner Corp. chief executive Neal Patterson took a swipe at a competitor at the annual Cerner Health Conference on Tuesday, calling out a “black hole” among health information technology providers. Patterson did not refer to Epic, the privately held competitor, by name. But aboutRead more

Robert Pearl, M.D. Contributor   3/27/2014 @ 1:00PM The Cayman Islands are nestled in the Caribbean Sea some 430 miles south of Miami. The three-island cluster is known for its inviting coral-sand beaches, laid-back island culture and tax-free status.   While it lures many tourists and big banks, it’s not the first place you’d expect toRead more

November 14, 2014 | Erin McCann, Contributing Editor   The federal government’s electronic health record incentive money appears to be working well for hospitals and physician practices, both of whom have seen double-digit growth in EHR adoption. But how are those care providers who didn’t qualify for incentives faring with digital health? Not so great,Read more

November 8, 2014 by Mark Hagland   According to a Nov. 7 report in the online publication Venture Beat, Epic Systems Corporation plans to offer remote hosting to its EHR customers beginning in 2015 According to a Nov. 7 report in the online publication Venture Beat, the Verona, Wis.-based Epic Systems Corporation plans to offer remote hosting toRead more

ICD10 Watchby CARL NATALE Posted on Wed, Oct 29, 2014 – 07:00 am I’m all for finding ways to use ICD-10 codes to solve the world’s problems. But I’m not sure it’s the right tool for the fight against Ebola.   I am familiar with the infographic that has been passed around social media in theRead more

October 22, 2014 By Mark Hagland As the meaningful use process under the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act evolves forward, physicians practicing in different specialties face diverse situations, challenges, and questions. One specialty in which questions have been particularly heightened has been that of radiology. Many radiologists interact primarily withRead more

October 23, 2014 By Mark Hagland What does “giving back” mean, in the context of healthcare IT development? In the case of the folks at Vecna Cares, it means leveraging a turnkey vendor solution to help clinicians achieve better patient care delivery in developing countries. Vecna Cares, a non-profit organization, was created by executives at theRead more

October 20, 2014 11:22 ET | Source: Cerner Corporation   KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cerner (Nasdaq:CERN) will host more than 11,000 health care industry leaders, practitioners and Cerner associates in Kansas City for the 29th annual Cerner Health Conference (CHC). Clients, partners and associates from more than 25 countries will gather to collaborate with peers, share best practices andRead more

By Darius Tahir  Posted: October 10, 2014 – 2:45 pm ET   The National Institutes of Health announced Thursday grants of $32 million in fiscal 2014 to 12 new centers created to work on surmounting healthcare research challenges in working with increasingly complex biomedical data sets.The Scripps Translational Science Institute and the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif.,Read more