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February 2015

HealthStream to Acquire HealthLine Systems (02/13/2015)

Rapid response: Alert system reminds clinicians to acknowledge results in timely manner (02/13/2015)

New CMS contracts to continue Partnership for Patients work (02/13/2015)

HIEs significantly reduce chances of repeat imaging (02/13/2015)

Next generation archives: Digging into data (02/13/2015)

Continuing the process (02/13/2015)

Texas HIEs rate high on governance, interoperability but lag on patient engagement (02/13/2015)

Cerner, Mortara Introduce CareAware Waveform Management (02/12/2015)

CHIME, iHT2 Announce Regional LEAD Program for 2015 (02/12/2015)

AHIMA: Healthcare industry is ready for ICD-10 (02/12/2015)

Practice Fusion Releases Online Check-In, eliminating the need for patients to fill out paper forms in the doctor’s office (02/12/2015)

NPSF convenes panel to set plans for progress (02/12/2015)

HIT advisory committees: Know data provenance, embrace standards and APIs for interoperability (02/12/2015)

Deloitte introduces Evergreen EHR implementation (02/12/2015)

Much room for improvement with patient engagement (02/12/2015)

Anthem breach shifts paradigm of healthcare security (02/12/2015)

AMA ‘alarmed’ by low MU attestation rate (02/11/2015)

A nuanced view of a hospital robot (02/11/2015)

Quality of hospital, nursing home impacts readmissions (02/11/2015)

Indiana breach affects 45K (02/11/2015)

Physicians prescribing novel dosages of old drugs remains a problem (02/11/2015)

Tech companies gain favor of Congress in bid to relax regulations (02/11/2015)

Inova to build genomics research lab on former Exxon campus (02/11/2015)

Hospitals boasting high retention rates in MU program, officials say (02/11/2015)

Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth Expands Telemedicine to First College Campus in Georgia (02/11/2015)

HITPC workgroups on strategic plan: More focus on people, outcomes (02/11/2015)

Medicare value-based payment plan said to mesh with ONC interoperability roadmap (02/11/2015)

Indiana breach impacts 45K (02/10/2015)

New angel investment network seeks applicants (02/10/2015)

Survey finds lower than anticipated ICD-10 costs for small practices (02/10/2015)

IT system investment to outpace EHR spending (02/10/2015)

First of Its Kind Report on Clinical Patient Engagement Reveals a Market Unprepared to Deliver Digital, Patient-Centric Care (02/10/2015)

DR Systems Awarded Seven New Patents (02/10/2015)

Partnership seeks to establish Massachusetts as digital health hub (02/10/2015)

Many healthcare consumer pricing tools still flawed (02/10/2015)

What Carolinas HealthCare paid top executives (02/10/2015)

Harvard shares data on healthcare spending (02/09/2015)

GAO: CMS prepared for ICD-10 (02/09/2015)

How integrating technologies can transform healthcare (02/09/2015)

Truven Health Analytics and MEDITECH Expand Collaboration to Include Integrated Consumer Health Education Solution (02/09/2015)

Groups: Softening ACO rules will not draw more participants (02/09/2015)

Providers want more flexibility in Medicare Shared Savings Program (02/09/2015)

RWJF to fund $1.9M in consumer healthcare studies (02/09/2015)

Touting interoperability, FDA will not regulate medical device data systems (02/09/2015)

UCSB creates Center for Digital Games Research (02/09/2015)

GAO: CMS is ready for ICD-10 (02/09/2015)

First Instance of Bi-Directional Information Sharing Between an EMR and Nurse Call System Launched by Rauland-Borg (02/09/2015)

Kareo and digiChart Collaborate to Provide Specialized, Integrated Solutions for OB/GYN Practices (02/09/2015)

Aventura Raises $14 Million Series C Financing Co-Led by Safeguard Scientifics and Merck GHIF (02/09/2015)

Tracking patients in an EHR improves education, but safeguards needed (02/09/2015)

HIMSS offers Congress 4 recommendations for interoperability (02/09/2015)

Beth Israel Deaconess, athenahealth both bullish on the cloud (02/07/2015)

Anthem warns breach victims of email scam (02/06/2015)

Summa Health, Humana reach accountable care agreement (02/06/2015)

FDA commissioner to depart (02/06/2015)

Uptick in hiring at physician offices (02/06/2015)

Pfizer to acquire Hospira for $16B (02/06/2015)

ONC plans, budget and colossal breach (02/06/2015)

Under Armour buys MyFitnessPal, Endomondo for $560 million (02/05/2015)

FDA Commissioner stepping down (02/05/2015)

Anthem victim of colossal breach (02/05/2015)

Apple technology spreading quickly in top hospitals (02/05/2015)

OurNotes project to expand upon OpenNotes (02/05/2015)

ONC leaders share roadmap thought process (02/05/2015)

Kansas's largest insurer, provider form ACO (02/04/2015)

ONC announces $8.4M in grants for workforce training, community health (02/04/2015)

HHS, ONC to invest $28M in state HIE grants (02/04/2015)

Cerner completes acquisition of Siemens Health Services (02/04/2015)

House GOP votes to repeal ACA (02/04/2015)

AMA building innovation center with health technology incubator (02/04/2015)

DirectTrust: 2014 growth ‘far exceeded projections’ (02/04/2015)

BIDMC sells inpatient EHR to Athenahealth (02/04/2015)

Frist and Daschle reflect on HITECH, next phase of healthcare (02/04/2015)

ONC seeks 52% budget increase for 2016 (02/03/2015)

Former ONC chiefs to DeSalvo: 'Just go for it' (02/03/2015)

NATE demonstrates trust bundle for patient-mediated exchange (02/03/2015)

UMass Medical Group reports data theft by ex-employee (02/03/2015)

Burwell announces $28M in funding for HIE grants (02/03/2015)

QuadraMed, LifeMed ID Form Patient Identity Joint Venture (02/03/2015)

Isabel Healthcare Announces AffiniPartner Agreement with American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) (02/03/2015)

Opening data, empowering consumers (02/03/2015)

A vision for the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (02/03/2015)

DeSalvo opens ONC's 2015 Annual Meeting (02/03/2015)

Cerner completes Siemens acquisition (02/02/2015)

Rep. Cruz introduces Obamacare Repeal Act (02/02/2015)

White House’s $215M precision medicine initiative ushers in new era in healthcare (02/02/2015)

ONC releases long-awaited interoperability roadmap (02/02/2015)

Community Health Systems to pay $75M for scheming Medicaid (02/02/2015)

NYT editorial: Don’t kill the medical device tax (02/02/2015)

InterSystems Successfully Completes eHealth Exchange Product Testing to Ensure Interoperability (02/02/2015)

Surescripts and Kryptiq Agree to Separate Health Information Network and Population Health Businesses (02/02/2015)

OSTAR Launches First Cellular TeleHealth Blood Pressure System for CHF (02/02/2015)

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