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Vendor Eases Scanned Document Access

BizTech Healthcare Solutions Inc. has introduced ProMed Enabler, which it says enables direct access to stored scanned documents and data in hospital information systems.

Cerner to Embed Guidelines in Surgery App

Cerner Corp. will embed standardized, electronic perioperative documentation guidelines and templates into its surgery and anesthesia management information system.

Document Mgmt. Vendor Makes a Buy

Diversified Information Technologies, a vendor of document imaging and management technology serving several industries including health care, has acquired Bowman Enterprises Inc., which provides similar services for health care and government entities.

MedQuist to Acquire Spheris

Outsourced medical transcription vendor MedQuist Inc. Mt. Laurel, N.J., will acquire the domestic business of rival Spheris Inc., while CBay Inc., MedQuist's owner, will buy Spheris' India operations.

Site Gives Examples of I.T. Successes

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and the American Society for Quality, a professional association, have launched Stories of Success, a Web page with 16 peer-reviewed case studies of organizations using information technology to improve safety, quality, effectiveness and efficiency.

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Record Changes

Linda Kloss became CEO of AHIMA in 1995 and started to change its image from paper-pushing to cutting-edge technology.

Equity Firm to Acquire QuadraMed

Equity Firm to Acquire QuadraMed

Terminology Tools Now Open Source

The goal, says an international standards group, is to facilitate the use of SNOMED CT clinical vocabulary.

Storyteller

Every medical record tells a story but the plot can get lost in templates that capture information.

Building Kiosks From Scratch

An Illinois group practice co-develops self-service kiosks that feature palm readers.

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