GE Healthcare has shifted two members of its leadership team to differentiated product and service offerings within its healthcare unit.

WORCESTER, Mass.Go attest to meaningful use Stage 1 now, suggested John Halamka, MD, CIO and a professor at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, during his opening remarks on a panel at the Massachusetts Governors 2011 Health IT Conference May 9.

Memorial Hermann Healthcare System has installed five Infinix-i vascular x-ray systems from Toshiba America Medical Systems.

WORCESTER, Mass.Section 3021 of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act "is going to change the world," proclaimed Sachin Jain, MD, senior advisor to the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) during the 2011 Massachusetts Governors Health IT Conference May 9 and 10. Are there any nerds out there who know Section 3021?

The Kansas Foundation for Medical Care (KFMC), which serves as the federally designated Health IT Regional Extension Center (HITREC) for the state of Kansas, and works with physicians to improve the quality of healthcare provided in the state, has chosen e-MDs as an EHR vendor partner.

Here's one more reason to adopt an EHR: Research shows that doing so may be good for the planet. EHRs have a positive net effect on the environment, according to a study in the May issue of Health Affairs.

CMIO.net presents a weekly update of the EHR products certified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCBs). The following EHR certifications were announced recently:

This is the seventh installment in CMIO's exclusive web series exploring the birth of Rhode Islands statewide health information exchange (HIE), featuring the leading stakeholders and clinical perspectives on its development.