The Charleston-based West Virginia Health Information Network has launched two new pilots for its statewide health information exchange, according to a Government Health IT report.
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Hospital executives shared what they learned during their meaningful use stage one experience as well as critical success factors in a white paper by CareTech Solutions, a hospital and healthcare IT services company.
ONC has announced its fourth video challenge, asking patients and/or healthcare providers to create videos on how health information technology aids medication management.
Jeffrey Guy, MD, orthopedic surgeon at USC Sports Medicine, performed knee surgery on the university's basketball guard Tina Roy, according to a Gamecocks report.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston recently notified patients that a USB thumb drive with patient information was lost by an employee on an MD Anderson employee shuttle bus.
Robert Watkins, Jr., MD, a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon, will perform lower back surgery on Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Justin Sellers, according to an MLB report.
CMS has released the final requirements that hospitals and healthcare providers must meet to quality for incentives during stage 2 of the electronic health record incentive program.
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