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Doyle seeks $30M for e-medical record adoption

But will that level of commitment be enough? Doyle, speaking at the east clinic of <a href="http://www.deancare....

Privacy, trust still the biggest barriers to electronic record sharing

The question has been raised on many fronts, including the Congress, where some bills seek to provide incentives to encourage the adoption of interactive personal health records, and others that raise privacy concerns are construed...

Visions: Wade offers straight talk on e-medical records

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Portal to e-records boosts care at Children's Hospital

It recently shortened its name to the Joint Commission, but its recommenda...

Yasnoff: Wisconsin should invest in health record bank

Yasnoff, founder of the eHealth Trust Initiative, continues to advocate that states or regions create a central repository, or bank, for all ele...

Impact of e-medical records will be felt at home

- It seems like we do e-everything these days. We make phone calls over the Internet. We shop, listen to the radio, buy music, even make friends, all online. We have every piece of information about ourselves in one e-form or another. Yet our medical records - arguably the most important information we have - are still done with pen and paper,...

Epic responds to critics of electronic record installation

in defending its product...

GE Healthcare launches hybrid electronic record

The evolution of systems for ease of use, direct integration into workflow, and more robust data secu...

Careful with that electronic health record, Mr. Leavitt

I have been closely following the progress of the (HIPAA) and electronic health records for the last eight months. You can understand that since I am a practicing dentist with a small healthcare business, I have my own special interest at stake. I am what they call a "stakeholder" in t...

Wisconsin companies reach deal on electronic health records

The agreement between . of Germantown will merge technology products with th...

Tommy Thompson says capital needed for electronic health records

- To differentiate himself from other presidential wannabes, former Wisconsin governor and cabinet secretary Tommy Thompson is casting himself as the candidate of new ideas in the 2008 presidential race, and he outlined several ways to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records following his keynote address at the annual conference of the <a href="http://www.wisbio...

Kalla: Have patience with electronic health records

, he's looking at the implementation of electronic h...

Defense contract helps Plexus gain record profits

The company's financial picture is tempered, h...

Johnson Controls reports record quarterly sales

The annual profit outlook, however, is getting dimmer due to the continuing slump in North American automotive int...

Doyle signs bill that impacts electronic medical records

Senate Bill 650 creates an exception to current law pertaining to the confidentiality of treatment records, allowing physicians easier access to mental health records wh...

Wheaton to implement electronic health records

Wheaton, a Catholic, not-for-profit healthcare ministry, will use a suite of software developed...

Interview: Dr. William Yasnoff on health records, part 2

William Yasnof...

IT outsourcing according to Tom Koulopoulos, part 2

After his keynote at the WTN: You have spoken about outsourcing as a way of distributing the risk of development to other organizations. But does...

IT outsourcing according to Tom Koulopoulos, part 1

Global consultant Tom Koulopoulos said at the this month that companies should identify information technology work they do that does not support their core competency and push it outside of the organization. As you might expect, a discussion of outsourcing versus doing work in house raises a lot of questions, so WTN followed up wit...

GE health record system certified

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Wisconsin pushes for adoption of electronic health records

"The field of medicine has yet to harness the power of information technology at the most important point in the health care system - patient treatment," Doyle said in a statement, citing statist...

The use of e-prescribing and electronic health records is accelerating

On October 11, 2005, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") and the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") published separate, but parallel, proposed rules representing a unified effort to advance the goal of widespread adoption of electronic health records technologies by hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers....

ARI reports record net income for FY 2005

Revenues for fiscal 2005 were $13.7 million, a 2% increase from revenues of $13.4 million in fiscal 20...

Katrina's destruction likely to speed up electronic healthcare records adoption

Years of efforts to promote electronic healthcare records have led to some adoption of the technology but there's been little sense of urgency toward that adoption. Then Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, destroying countless medical records as part of her path of destruction. Katrina, and her followup Rita, may not only have changed the landscape of the Gulf region...

Sonic Foundry reports 12th consecutive quarter of record sales for Mediasite

In reporting its third quarter and nine-month period of fiscal 2005, the company said third-quart...

TeraMedica unveils electronic health record solution

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Organizations finding ways to overcome barriers to electronic health records implementation

Despite the recognized quality improvements and long-term cost savings, implementation challenges can be daunting, notes Frances Dare, director of the <a href="http://www.cis...

Preview: Electronic health records, tech choices explored at Digital Healthcare Conference

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt announced yesterday that a new organization, the American Health Information Community (AHIC) will be formed to make recommendations for a nationwide system for storing and sharing patient's medical records electronically. This news makes the , which wi...

Though pharma growth slides, blockbusters reach new record

Let's take a look at how the market did. This is according to the estimates of IMS Health, a pha...

Physician mindset slows adoption of electronic health records

If you are a resident of Wisconsin and insert your card in an ATM in San Francisco, the system will immediately recognize you, your bank, and your financial records. But if you find yourself in an emergency room you'll likely need that same card to pay for an extensive series of tests because your medical record is a piece of paper sitting in your hometown doctor's office. Information te...

Wisconsin Health Information Exchange shares burden of electronic medical records

As America's health care costs continue to rise, the need for the health-care industry to harness the information exchange potential of the Internet has never been more urgent. In that spirit, the (WHIE) has joined more than 150 statewide and regional efforts across the country in the mammoth task of creating local...

Marshfield study mixes DNA into electronic medical record to screen for Alzheimer's

The two-year project is the first to tap the more than 18,000 DNA samples Marshfield Clinic has gathered for its Personalized Medicine Research Project, one of the nation's lar...

GE Healthcare medical-record system spans networks

Gathering and moving electronic medical records (EMRs) and images efficiently across just one computer network is a feat in itself. But offering a seamless view of data across vastly different IT systems? That has so far fit snugly into the pipe dream file of most CIOs. The division of General Electric Co. this week introduced its n...

Electronic health records can save lives and improve medical care

Doyles two-year state budget includes $10 million in grants and loans for medical providers to switch over to...

Doyle proposes $10M to expand use of electronic medical records

"I am committed to ensuring that all Wisconsin citizens receive quality health care," Doyle s...

Heart hospital goes digital, eliminates paper records

TULSA, Okla. it has installed of a new information technology system to handle hospital files. This update creates a completely digital environment, eliminating all paper record...

Camtronics to integrate medical records at cardiology center

Hartland, Wis. -- The system will store about two years worth of study results, which clinicians will be able to access fro...

Glacial records depict ice age climate in synch worldwide

MADISON - An answer to the long-standing riddle of whether the Earth's ice ages occurred simultaneously in both the Southern and Northern hemispheres is emerging from the glacial deposits found in the high desert east of the Andes. Using a new technique to gauge the effects of cosmic rays on minerals found in boulders carried by South American glaciers thousands of years ago, a group of...

UW Medical Foundation Integrates Medical Records

Madison Wis - The is initiating a program to enable complete integration of the Medical Foundation's clinical data and to improve the reliability of the organization's electronic healthcare transactions. The foundation has choosen QDX...

GUILD.com Appoints President, Posts Record Sales

Madison, Wis. By embracing a unique combination of art, the Internet and business savvy, Michael Baum, formerly chief of operations for Wisconsin Rapids...