The Colorado Regional Health Information Organization will use a technology platform developed by Medicity to build out a statewide health information exchange (HIE).

DENVERTo meet looming meaningful use deadlines, practices must shop for the right EMR and not let the outlying fears of technology and possible challenges outweigh the benefits, said David L. Scher, MD, from PinnacleHealth System and Associated Cardiologists in Harrisburg, Pa., during a presentation at the 31st annual Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) scientific session May 14.

Axolotl and Centegra Health System, a healthcare provider serving McHenry and Woodstock, Ill., have announced that Centegra has chosen Axolotl to provide health information exchange (HIE) capabilities for the Centegra Physician Network, a health IT-sharing program that creates the regions first HIE.

Harris has released an open-source CONNECT installation wizard to reduce the time required to link healthcare organizations to the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).

A health information exchange (HIE) provided by Epic Systems enables healthcare delivery system Texas Health Resources and Childrens Medical Center in Dallas to electronically exchange medical information on mutually treated patients.

BOSTON--The news media are not paying enough attention to the vital health IT components of healthcare reform, said Paul Tang, MD, vice president and CMIO of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in Calif.

Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients, the state-designated entity for Marylands health information exchange (HIE), has selected Axolotl's technology as the infrastructure for the state's HIE.

BOSTONOnly through its proper use can technology boost healthcare improvement, said David Blumenthal, the national coordinator for health IT, during his keynote address Thursday at the Health IT: Creating Jobs, Reducing Costs and Improving Quality national conference, hosted by Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick.