02/10/2012
Arkansas' Office of Health Information Technology will deploy OptumInsight's health information exchange tools. Skylight Healthcare Systems will collaborate with Sparling on projects to improve and enhance patient experience.
02/03/2012
ID Experts has partnered with Apgar & Associates to offer mock HIPAA compliance audits to help health care organizations prepare for audits from HHS' Office for Civil Rights. The Veterans Health Administration has selected DSHI Systems' mobile emergency room triage system.
01/31/2012
CMIO recently released a survey finding that annual compensation for chief medical information officers and similar executives has dropped slightly since last year. About 43% of respondents said they earn between $200,000 and $300,000 annually, down from 47% last year. CMIO.
01/27/2012
MyHealth Access Network, a Beacon Community in Oklahoma, will deploy Archimedes' clinical decision support tool. Drexel DeFord of Seattle Children's Hospital has been named chair of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives' board of trustees.
01/26/2012
The West Health Policy Center opened in Washington, D.C., on Monday, and it aims to save up to $100 billion in health care costs over the next decade in part through promoting health IT. The center's chair says mobile health technology can cut costs. Washington Post, U-T San Diego.
01/25/2012
Venture capital investments in health IT generated 86 deals worth $633 million in 2011, according to a report from Dow Jones VentureSource. Compared with 2010, last year saw a 26% increase in deal activity and a 22% increase in health IT capital raised. CMIO.
01/20/2012
Planned Systems International has nabbed a five-year, $96 million contract to provide code maintenance services for Military Health System applications. Sharecare, an interactive health and wellness social platform, has secured $14 million in growth equity financing.
01/18/2012
A Mercom Capital Group report finds that the health IT industry raised nearly half a billion dollars in venture capital funding in 2011. Most health IT-related venture capital funding went to health information management firms. Healthcare IT News, Mercom Capital Group report.
01/13/2012
Adventist Health will deploy Cerner's electronic health record system at more than 130 clinics in four states. Missy Krasner, former adviser in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, has been named executive in residence at venture capital firm Morgenthaler Ventures.
01/12/2012
A Research2Guidance report finds that mobile health applications generated about $718 million in revenue in 2011, a sevenfold increase from the amount generated in 2010. Researchers said they expect to see further growth in the coming years. MobiHealthNews.
01/09/2012
Angela Petty of research firm Deltek writes in a Washington Post perspective piece that federal spending on health IT likely will continue to grow. Petty outlines how companies can take advantage of federal health IT spending. Washington Post's "Capital Business."
01/06/2012
Merck will invest up to $17 million to expand the offerings of Physicians Interactive Holdings, a provider of mobile and online clinical resources. Polyglot Systems and HEALTHeLINK are collaborating to improve medication adherence in eight New York counties.
01/06/2012
A Frost & Sullivan report predicts that the remote health monitoring market will reach $294.9 million by 2015. A separate report from Berg Insight predicts that there will be 2.47 million remote monitoring devices with cellular connectivity by 2016. Becker's Hospital Review et al.
01/05/2012
In a new report, ECRI Institute listed electronic health records as one of the top 10 technologies that health care executives should prioritize in 2012. The report notes that successful EHR implementation should improve care quality and patient safety. Healthcare IT News et al.
12/22/2011
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will work with Cognosante to upgrade the state's Medicaid management information system. Allscripts is integrating its EHR tools with clinical decision support and performance management capabilities from DiagnosisOne.