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		<title>CEGEDIM BECOMES A GLOBAL PLAYER IN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS BY ACQUIRING PULSE SYSTEMS, INC., A LEADING US HEALTHCARE SOFTWARE PROVIDER</title>
		<link>http://www.ehrscope.com/blog/cegedim-becomes-a-global-player-in-electronic-health-records-by-acquiring-pulse-systems-inc-a-leading-us-healthcare-software-provider/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HIT Policy Committee&#8217;s Meaningful Use Workgroup Hearings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are two final hearings that the Meaningful Use Workgroup will hold on the meaningful use criteria.

Date: Thursday July 29th
Time: 9am to 3:30pm EST
Topic: Population Health
Meeting Location: OMNI Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC
DIAL IN INSTRUCTIONS:
Web: At least 10 minutes prior to the meeting start time, visit: http://altarum.adobeconnect.com/MU
Select &#8220;enter as a guest&#8221;
Types your first and last name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ingenix to Acquire Picis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justin Barnes Meaningful Use Statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
The final Stage One Meaningful Use rulings on electronic health record (EHR) functionality by the Office of the National Coordinator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EHR Scope&#8217;s Preliminary Comments on the Final Rules on Meaningful Use*</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 13, 2010
The Final Rules for Meaningful Use have been released today, July 13, 2010.  Of course, it may be considered a must read for all physicians, or at least for all physicians who have been anxiously waiting since February 17, 2009 to learn how they can earn an additional $44,000 just by treating their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Rules on Meaningful Use Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, CMS (Centers for Medicare &#38; 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. 
Read the Final Rules.
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		<title>St. Cloud Medical Group and Greenway Medical Technologies Partnership</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ehrscope.com/blog/st-cloud-medical-group-and-greenway-medical-technologies-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Cloud Medical Group has signed on the dotted line to implement Greenway’s PrimeSuite 2011 electronic health record.  This is a huge partnership for Greenway, who recently was selected one of New York’s Regional Extension Center’s preferred electronic health record vendor.
St. Cloud Medical Group serves over 300,000 patients in the state of Minnesota.
The medical group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Practice Fusion EHR is Rapidly Growing</title>
		<link>http://www.ehrscope.com/blog/practice-fusion-ehr-is-rapidly-growing/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.ehrscope.com/blog/practice-fusion-ehr-is-rapidly-growing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Practice Fusion may be a ‘newer’ electronic medical record (EMR); however, many people already know about the company.  The reason they know about Practice Fusion is because its EMR solution is FREE.  Physicians are able to use the EMR system at no charge to the practice.
Free is not always good, but in Practice Fusion’s case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temporary Certification Program Launch Next Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week the ONC announces its final rule for the temporary certification program.  Thursday, Just 1st ,  the ONC will launch this certification program.
This means that this program will become available for non-for-profit organizations to apply to become authorized testers and certifiers of electronic health records.   The Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full attention given to patients thanks to Digital Pen and Paper</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ehrscope.com/blog/full-attention-given-to-patients-thanks-to-digital-pen-and-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Digital Pen Technology in Healthcare]]></description>
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