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Department Of Veterans Affairs Selects HP To Help Improve Operations, Healthcare Services. HP Enterprise Services recently announced a maximum value $543M Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Real-Time Location System (RTLS) contract with the U.S.

EHNAC Releases 2013 Criteria For All Accreditation Programs. The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body, announced recently the adoption of new program criteria for 2013.

Huron Healthcare Identifies Five Key Challenges Healthcare Providers Face In 2013. Huron Consulting Group recently released a Huron Healthcare briefing entitled, “Insights for Achieving High Performance at Hospitals, Health Systems and Academic Medical Centers in 2013.”

Cisco Enhances Healthcare Software And Service Offerings Designed To Enable Caregivers To Provide Higher Quality Of Care. Cisco recently announced two new connected health offerings designed to meet an increasing need in the healthcare industry for software and services that helps enable efficient, convenient, high-quality patient care, and more collaboration across the healthcare continuum.

AHIMA Announces 2013 Board President/Chair, New Board Members. Members of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) elected Kathleen A. Frawley, JD, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA as President/Chair of the 2013 Board of Directors. Her term began Jan. 1, 2013.

Tools4ever To Automate Account Management At Several Healthcare Facilities With User Management Resource Administrator (UMRA). Tools4ever, the worldwide market leader in identity and access management solutions with more than five million user accounts, is pleased to announce that during the previous quarter several healthcare facilities have chosen to implement the company’s User Management Resource Administrator…

AMA Announces $10M Initiative To Change The Way Future Physicians Are Trained. The American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced a $10M competitive grant initiative to attract bold, innovative projects to transform the way medical schools train future physicians.

Siemens Launches Strategic Consulting Services To Help Healthcare Providers Address Health Reform. Recently, Siemens Healthcare is announcing the availability of three Strategic Consulting solutions for accountable care to help hospital and health system customers meet healthcare reform objectives such as hospital Value Based Purchasing programs, reduction of Preventable Re-admissions, and reduction of Healthcare Acquired Conditions.

I have always felt that we were fairly well advanced. (HealthTech Wire / Interview) – King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the first Trusts in the UK to be assessed by the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model, achieving the highest score in the UK so far, level 5. Colin Sweeney, …