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New Chair, Board Members at HIMSS

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has installed its new chair and vice chair for one-year terms, as well as four new board members.

Survey Shows CPOE Lay of the Land

A new survey of health care CIOs shows adoption, 'at some level,' of computerized physician order entry systems is becoming widespread. But full implementation remains years away.

Siemens Nabs Mass., Florida Deals

UMass Memorial Health Care and Bethesda Healthcare System will implement Soarian information systems from Siemens Healthcare, Malvern, Pa.

Scheduling Vendor Makes a Buy

Concerro Inc., a vendor of scheduling software for provider organizations, has acquired the CommandAware hospital information management system business line from PortBlue Corp., Los Angeles. Acquisition terms were not disclosed.

Report: How to Spend $400 Million

A congressionally created council has released a report with recommendations for how the Department of Health and Human Services should spend $400 million in discretionary spending for comparative effectiveness research. Some of the funds will be used to adopt information technologies that can speed dissemination of best practices information.

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Clinical Smarts

Linda Reed is that rare breed, a health care I.T. pro who's also a registered nurse.

Remotely Hosted EHRs: The Pros and Cons for Clinics

Group practices ponder whether to install software locally or rely on a vendor partner as host.

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Focusing on Quality Data

A physician hospital organization uses data analytics software to improve care and document how it happened.

Fighting for Every Dime

Providers, armed with contract management software, successfully dispute underpayments, win extra revenue--but it's not easy.