Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS)enterprise image systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

iPatientCare Updates miGlass - the First Wearable EHR App for the Google Glass, Adds Innovative Functionalities and Addresses Emerging Demands of Health Care Providers

Woodbridge, NJ, July 08, 2014-- iPatientCare, Inc., a pioneer in mHealth and cloud based ambulatory EHR, Integrated Practice Management and Patient Portal Solutions, announced updated version of its native miGlass the first Wearable EHR App for Google Glass, addresses emerging demands of health care providers.

Michigan HIEs merge to serve 5M patients

Two Michigan health information exchanges have merged to form one of the largest HIEs in the country, serving more than 5 million people.

CMS proposal requires chronic care providers to use 2014 CEHRT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed physician fee schedule for the 2015 calendar year includes provisions requiring physician practices that offer chronic care management services to Medicare beneficiaries to use EHRs certified to at least the 2014 edition.

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NSA intercepted data, including medical records, from U.S. citizens

The National Security Agency intercepted communications from ordinary internet users—American and non-American alike—far more often than those foreigners the agency was legally targeting.

WEDI Announces Meaningful Use Webinar Series in Collaboration with the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services

Reston, VA, July 07, 2014--The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nations leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced today its summer webinar series with the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) titled Getting the Most Out of Meaningful Use. The three-part webinar series will begin Tuesday, July 15th and will include a series of presentations with Q&A to help providers, vendors and other interested parties prepare to meet meaningful use including the revised implementation timeline and requirements.

ONC updates testing program for EHRs

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has released updates to the 2014 Edition Test Method, which covers EHR test procedures, test data and test tools.

$162M plan to update VA's VistA

ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services Company, has been awarded a three-year, $162 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to support the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture Clinical Application and Enterprise Core Services.

iPatientCare Partner, TransFirst, to Bring Efficiency and Automation to Patient Payment Process

Woodbridge, NJ--July 01, 2014--iPatientCare, Inc., a pioneer in mHealth and cloud based ambulatory EHR, Integrated Practice Management and Patient Portal Solutions, announced its partnership with TransFirst to provide a fully-integrated patient payment solution.

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The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.