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HDM Breaking News

AMA to HHS: Finish E-Script Standards

The American Medical Association is calling on Congress to require the Department of Health and Human Services to complete all national technical standards to support electronic prescribing by the end of 2009.

Feds Expand NHIN Trial Sites

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded grants to enable six additional organizations to participate in trial implementations of the national health information network.

Mich. Blues to Do Medicare Eligibility

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan this summer will expand functionality of its provider Web portal to enable online eligibility and benefit determination transactions for Medicare beneficiaries.

HIE in Florida Picks Vendors

An emerging health information exchange serving Ocala, Fla., and greater Marion County has signed contacts with two information technology vendors and has selected a third partner.

Revenue, Losses Up for QuadraMed

Hospital information systems vendor QuadraMed Corp. lost $1.1 million during the first quarter of 2008. The Reston, Va.-based firm earned $1.3 million during the same period last year.

NCPDP Enhances Drug Database

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs has introduced a new database for pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management firms, health insurers and other stakeholders. Its primary purpose is to ensure that pharmacy claims contain the correct information.

Podesta Is New Fletcher Allen CIO

Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., has named Charles Podesta as CIO, effective June 2. He will oversee the delivery system’s $57.2 million implementation of electronic health records systems from Epic Systems Corp., Verona, Wis.

Sage to Resell Patient Kiosks

Sage Software Healthcare will resell patient self-service kiosks from Galvanon Inc., Maitland, Fla.

Site Offers Medical Tourism Info

A new Web site offers consumers information about medical tourism. The site, YourMedicalTravel.com, is dedicated to the emerging trend of U.S. residents traveling abroad to receive medical care at lower costs.

New Chief at Elsevier

Medical reference publisher Elsevier Health Sciences, Philadelphia, has announced the appointment of Michael Hansen as CEO, effective June 9.

Big Quarter, Big Deal for athenahealth

The stock price of athenahealth Inc. increased more than 9% on May 7 after the physician software and outsourced billing services vendor reported positive financial results for the first quarter of 2008.

Site Offers Forum for Drug Side Effects

A new Web site enables consumers to share and research the side effects of their medications.

Medicare to Test PHRs in S. Carolina

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking Medicare beneficiaries in South Carolina to participate in a pilot program to assess the benefits of using personal health records.

Event Will Explain Claims Attachments

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange has scheduled the second in a series of educational audiocasts about the forthcoming HIPAA electronic claims attachment standards. Reston, Va.-based WEDI is an industry advocacy organization.

Anthem Expands E-Rx Initiative

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Hampshire has expanded the clinical data physicians can access through its electronic prescribing initiative.

GE Asks FCC to Protect Telemetry

GE Healthcare is pushing the Federal Communications Commission to provide more protection to medical telemetry systems as channels on the wireless spectrum are opened to more types of devices.

Medical Home Project Gets Leaders

The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative has chosen John Agwunobi, M.D., and David Nance, M.D., as co-chairmen of its new Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange. Agwunobi is senior vice president and president of health and wellness for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, Ark. Nance is vice president and chief medical officer at McKesson Health Solutions, San Francisco.

Georgia Gets Transparency Web Site

The Georgia Department of Community Health has awarded Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM Corp. a $5.2 million contract to develop a transparency Web site for health care consumers across the state.

HealthEdge Gets $13 Million

HealthEdge, a vendor of software for managed care organizations, has received a $13 million investment commitment from Psilos Group, a New York-based health care venture capital and private investment firm.

More EHRs Get Certified

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology in recent weeks has certified several ambulatory electronic health records software products under its 2007 criteria.

Eclipsys Stock Up Despite Profit Fall

Despite a steep drop in net income, hospital information systems vendor Eclipsys Corp. exceeded investment analyst expectations in the first quarter of 2008.

VHA Creates CEO Patient Safety Network

The VHA Foundation, the leadership and fundraising arm for the VHA Inc. health care alliance, has launched a two-year initiative designed to offer hospital CEOs a forum to discuss patient safety. The Irving, Texas-based organization's Health Care SafetyNetwork will enable the executives to learn from their peers and patient safety experts about ways to create a culture in their organization that emphasizes safety.

Hospira Acquires Rx Bar Code Vendor

Hospira Inc., a supplier of injected pharmaceuticals and intravenous medications, has acquired Sculptor Developmental Technologies Inc., which sells a bedside medication administration verification system.

Athenahealth Picks Up an Endorsement

The Connecticut State Medical Society has endorsed the practice management software and outsourced billing/collections services of athenahealth Inc., Watertown, Mass.

InfoLogix Buys Another Consulting Firm

Hatboro, Pa.-based InfoLogix Inc., which sells mobile carts and radio frequency identification technologies, has purchased a second consulting firm.

I.T. Light in HHS Rules Agenda

The Department of Health and Human Services has published its semi-annual regulatory agenda, identifying actions it intends to take.

Kaiser Outpatient EHR Rollout Complete

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has completed the implementation of an outpatient electronic health records system for its 8.7 million members.

Soft Numbers for Allscripts

Allscripts LLC missed analysts’ financial expectations for the first quarter of 2008. Still, the company’s stock rose nearly 4% on the NASDAQ exchange May 1 after the results were disclosed.

New App Aimed At Public Health

Health Monitoring Systems has introduced data analytics and networking software for epidemiologists and public health surveillance programs.

AHA Endorses Notification System

The AHA Solutions Inc. unit of the American Hospital Association has endorsed the Notifications & Reminders Solution from Premiere Global Services Inc.

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