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NewsNCI developing 'ultra-light record' for cancer care, data exchange
It won't qualify you for Medicare and Medicaid EMR incentive payments, but a an "ultra-light record" based on standards of the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Should Microsoft acquire an established EHR vendor?
Despite its many overtures to the healthcare market, Microsoft still doesn't offer a full-fledged EHR. Data aggregator Amalga, acquired in 2006, comes closest, but it and the PHR platform HealthVault Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: As Apple launches iPad, Microsoft pushes Windows tablets for EMRs
As Apple was releasing its much-anticipated iPad (Is it a tablet computer or just a glorified iPod Touch, anyway?) on Wednesday, Microsoft was preparing to fight back in the healthcare sphere. Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Could Google, Microsoft or Oracle corner the EHR market?
Companies like Microsoft, Google and Oracle might someday rule the EHR market, says Hospital Impact's Paul Roemer. Why? Because, following the model of the telecommunications and cable TV industries, Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Tech giants say White House favors enterprise over web
Microsoft and Google executives have told a presidential advisory board that the Obama administration's health IT plans rely too much on enterprise EMRs at the expense of newer, more flexible, Read more...
Cook Children's has grand EMR, interoperability plans
Cook Children's Health Care System of Fort Worth, TX, is teaming with athenahealth and Microsoft to offer revenue-cycle management and EMR services to outside pediatricians while also building a Read more...
Federal EHR efforts could force vendor, practice consolidation
The federal push for interoperable EHRs could be a "steamroller" that forces yet another round of vendor consolidation and pushes physicians in small practices to join larger groups just to survive, Read more...
| Press ReleasesLiaison Technologies Connects Its Community with Microsoft HealthVault®Connection to Provide Patients with Access to Greater Amounts of Personal Health Information, More Control of Health Data ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Liaison Technologies, a global provider of secure Read more >> gloStream Selects DiagnosisOne to Deliver Clinical Decision Support for Electronic Medical RecordsPartnership Delivers Increased Care Quality, Practice Efficiency and Accountability through Real-Time Decision Support; Addresses Increased Demand from ACOs and IPAs LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> Beyond Lucid Technologies Advances Telemedicine for EMS ProvidersTogether with Microsoft, Team Presents Best Practices for Ambulance Communication with HospitalsWALNUT CREEK, Calif., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyond Lucid Technologies, Inc., a healthcare IT Read more >> CJPS Medical Systems Introduces Remote Patient Monitoring With Tablet PCsAUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CJPS Medical Systems announces today that VitalPoint® HOME, its remote patient monitor, can be used with Microsoft Windows®-based Tablet PCs. This announcement Read more >> Candelis and Microsoft Team Up to Empower PatientsPatients can access and control their medical imagesCHICAGO, Nov. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Candelis announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) whereby Read more >> |
