Archive for July, 2010
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1 CEGEDIM BECOMES A GLOBAL PLAYER IN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS BY ACQUIRING PULSE SYSTEMS, INC., A LEADING US HEALTHCARE SOFTWARE PROVIDER
Jul 28, 2010. Press Releases, Spotlight.Paris, July 28, 2010 – Cegedim, a global technology and services company specializing in the healthcare field, today announced the acquisition of Pulse Systems, Inc., a leading US healthcare software and services supplier. The move gives Cegedim access to the US market for the computerization of healthcare professionals in a very critical time for Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Practice Management (PM) software market. The Group’s Cegedim Healthcare Software (CHS) division is already one of the leading European publishers of medical, paramedical and pharmacy management software, with a market share of 119,000 healthcare professionals and over 16,000 pharmacies using its solutions in seven countries. It will now be a global player.
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0 CCHIT Launches New Certification Programs
Jul 27, 2010. Health Information Technology.The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) just announced three new certification programs on its website today, Tuesday July 27, 2010. The new programs will certify electronic health record (EHR) software targeted towards behavioral health, dermatology, and long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC). The LTPAC program includes add-on certifications for EHRs used in skilled nursing and home health facilities.
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0 Thoughts about Meaningful Use Regulations
Jul 27, 2010. Insight.The widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) throughout the healthcare system received another boost last week when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its final criteria for the meaningful use of EHRs within the incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. After releasing preliminary meaningful use regulations back in January, the agency spent the past several months collecting the thoughts and opinions of anyone and everyone in healthcare who took the time to submit one. CMS has said these factored into the finished product quite heavily, so score one for transparency.
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0 HIT Policy Committee’s Meaningful Use Workgroup Hearings
Jul 27, 2010. News.These are two final hearings that the Meaningful Use Workgroup will hold on the meaningful use criteria.
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0 Ingenix to Acquire Picis
Jul 23, 2010. News, Press Releases.Leading Health Information Technology Companies Will Combine to Improve
Information Flow and Results in High-Acuity Areas of Hospitals
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. and WAKEFIELD, Mass., July 22, 2010 – Ingenix, a leading health information technology and services company, today announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Picis®, Inc., a leading provider of health information solutions for the high-acuity areas of hospitals. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the third quarter.
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0 Final Meaningful Use Rules Released
Jul 15, 2010. Today.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the final meaningful use rules on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010, at 10:00 AM. These rules outline the features Electronic Health Record (EHR) software must provide in order to become certified. Purchasing software with the required features is not enough; physicians will have to use the features according to defined measures in order to qualify for the stimulus funds.
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0 Justin Barnes Meaningful Use Statement
Jul 14, 2010. Government Initiatives, News, Opinion.Statement by Justin Barnes, chairman emeritus of the Electronic Health Record Association and vice president of marketing, corporate development and government affairs at Greenway Medical Technologies, on the issuance of the CMS/ONC Meaningful Use Final Rules.
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0 Final Rules on Meaningful Use Announced
Jul 13, 2010. Government Initiatives, News.Today, CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid) and the ONC (Office of the National Coordinator for Health (IT) finally issued the final rules on Meaningful Use!
These final rules are the regulations that must be followed by eligible professionals during the first two years (2011 and 2012) of the incentive program.
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