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Big Apple selects eClinicalWorks for EHR project

New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has selected software by eClinicalWorks for the city's program to supply electronic health records systems to more than 1,300 doctors in community health clinics and other offices that serve New York's low-income residents.

In addition to EHRs, the $19.8 million deal will also give the doctors practice-management functions for billing and appointments and other functions on PCs that the doctors must furnish.

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Vermont trust fund aims at physicians' EHR adoption
Sponsors estimate that the fund will boost EHR penetration to 50 percent of the state's independent physicians during the next five years.
(Posted July 14, 2008)

Military medical intelligence center gets a new name
The National Center for Medical Intelligence's new responsibilities reflect expanded relationships with the Homeland Security Department, the White House, the State Department and other agencies.
(Posted July 7, 2008)

Microsoft launches IT architecture for connected health care
The company envisions a Web services hub that would help health care agencies share information and applications.
(Posted June 12, 2008)

Grants seek to divert non-emergency patients
Projects in four states will use IT to connect Medicaid patients with primary care providers for better, less expensive care.
(Posted April 25, 2008)

Report: Safety-net clinics can benefit from sharing EHRs
EHR networks can have advantages during the acquisition and beyond, California HealthCare Foundation report states.
(Posted April 11, 2008)

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Government Health IT InSight eSeminar

From the battlefield to the home front: Managing medical data

Government Health IT presents Col. Claude Hines Jr., program manager for the Defense Health Information Management System, in this recent InSight eSeminar. Col. Hines discusses the health information technology and tactical challenges faced by the military medical community in Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas of conflict. In doing so, he describes the current information technology solutions for transferring clinical data between battlefield care givers to health care personnel at military treatment facilities worldwide.


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