Denmark has rolled-out two telehealth pilot programs it now intends to implement on a nationwide basis over the next three years.

Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL), a non-profit organization facilitating the expanded use of health IT in Vermont, and Chicago-based healthcare IT developer Allscripts intend to enter a strategic alliance.

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. and Microsoft have enhanced Mayo Clinic's Health Manager application with features to help users manage hypertension and high cholesterol.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) honored its 2009 Davies Award recipients this week in Washington, D.C.

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion, an electronic health record community for physicians, is partnering with BioReference Laboratories of Elmwood Park, N.J., the third-largest full service laboratory in the United States.

ACR Image Metrix, an imaging contract research organization based in Philadelphia, has completed its second year of operation.

Its hard to believe that 9 months ago the term meaningful use wasnt in our everyday vocabulary. Now it is top of mind and a topic of nearly every health IT strategy meeting. While a final definition isnt now expected until Q2 2010, for sure it will include reporting quality measures and being able to share information among clinics, hospitals and government health agencies.

Since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) in February, much debate and a flurry of activity has centered on the economic encouragement offered to healthcare providers for the adoption and use of EMRs.