Tag: meaningful-use

PriMed Selects NextGate EMPI To Support Coordination, Quality, And Safety By Ensuring Consistent And Complete Patient Records For Flagship Client. NextGate, a leading provider of Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) and registry solutions, recently announced that PriMed Management Consulting Services, Inc., the management services organization (MSO) for Hill Physicians Medical Group (HPMG), will implement NextGate's…

Healthcare Team Training (HTT) And Datix – A Powerful Combination For Improving Patient Safety. Healthcare Team Training (HTT), a global provider of services focused on improving patient safety, satisfaction and quality, and Datix, a leading supplier of patient safety software solutions, announce their collaboration to use enterprise event reporting and risk management systems to improve…

TPP wins Southern Community & Child Health Procurement. Consortium appoints TPP to provide fully managed service for child health and community services across the south of England

Q&A: athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush. Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth, a provider of cloud-based EMRs, announced Jan. 7 it would acquire San Mateo, Calif.-based Epocrates, a mobile health company known for its point-of-care medical apps. athenahealth will pay about $293 million in cash. It’s a match hailed by the executives of both companies, and also by industry…

We have to understand diversity. (HealthTech Wire / Interview) – In tough economic times, it is more important than ever for a provider of imaging technology and radiology IT solutions to understand the diversity of the market and to be able to provide solutions that …

eForms: Driving Change In The Healthcare Market. This paper explores the major challenges to the healthcare industry that contribute to numerous cost-related issues including eliminating the use of redundant medical forms, reducing overall paperwork, and simplifying business processes.

ONC’s Annual Meeting Sees Health IT as Foundation for New Payment Policies. More than 1,200 grantees, stakeholders, and other members of the public came together December 12 at the 2012 ONC Annual Meeting to discuss the successes, challenges and impacts of the wide-spread health information technology (health IT) adoption to improve care.  This year’s theme,…

 Leveraging digital signage for more than patient education and marketing – real service improvement Earlier in the week I was in a waiting room for a physician visit and as I sat there for much longer than I wanted, I kept wondering “what patient number am I and how many people will be seen before…