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Mirth Corporation Ranked #2 In Overall HIE Client Satisfaction by 2012 Black Book Market Research

Press Release | Mirth Corporation, Black Book Rankings | June 8, 2012

Continuing to demonstrate its ability to meet and surpass the needs of clients in the rapidly expanding healthcare information exchange (HIE) market, Mirth Corporation today announced it has been recognized as one of the top vendors in HIE Client Satisfaction in Black Book’s annual HIE Survey. Read More »

2013 Most Wired

Matthew Weinstock | Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN) | July 1, 2013

H&HN's 15th annual survey shows U.S. hospitals have made big strides in laying the foundation for robust clinical information systems. The next step: harnessing IT for the real work of improving care delivery. Read More »

Alongside Meaningful Use Progress, Survey Finds Obstacles Remain

Erin McCann | Government Health IT | April 24, 2013

Meaningful use will bring about the most significant improvements in the health information technology arena, say health IT executives, who are working tirelessly to meet industry deadlines. A new survey finds it's still a trying task, however, with officials citing regulation ambiguity and competing IT projects as the biggest barriers to moving forward with MU. Read More »

Beijing, a Boon for Africa

Dambisa Moyo | New York Times | June 27, 2012

In 2009, China became Africa’s single largest trading partner, surpassing the United States. And China’s foreign direct investment in Africa has skyrocketed from under $100 million in 2003 to more than $12 billion in 2011.

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Can Public And Private HIEs Get Along?

Diana Manos | Government Health IT | November 16, 2012

Public health information exchanges (HIEs) have expressed concerns about compatibility and sustainability as the number of private HIEs continues to rise, according to eHealth Initiative's 12th Annual HIE Survey. Read More »

Consumers Get Serious About Their EMRs

Bernie Monegain | Healthcare IT News | September 16, 2013

As patient engagement grows, a new survey indicates that a growing number of U.S. consumers (41 percent) would be willing to switch doctors to gain online access to their own electronic medical records. Doctors, though, are not as eager to make the change. Read More »

Continua Health Alliance & DMAI To Initiate National Health Survey Soon

Suja Nair Shirodkar | Pharmabiz.com | July 20, 2013

To get in place an updated pan India data on healthcare system of the country, Continua Health Alliance recently entered into strategic alliance with Disease Management Association of India (DMAI) to initiate a national health survey soon. [...] Read More »

Doctors To Young People: Don't Be A Doctor

James Ritchie | Business Journals | July 12, 2013

Doctors have a message for young people who might want to follow in their footsteps: Try something else. Read More »

Dr. Dustin Ballard: Do Open Doctor Notes Work?

Dustin Ballard | Marin Independent Journal | November 5, 2012

YOUR DOCTOR gives you a measured assessment of your physical condition. The language is just technical enough to be hard to follow, and the recommendations just oblique enough to seem unconvincing. But you wonder, what if my doctor told me what she really thought — that you were sedentary and overweight, for example. Would that improve your health? Is there any way a doc would want to share such an opinion? Read More »

For Long-Term Care, Many HIE Miles To Go

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | December 12, 2013

Many of the nation’s largest long-term care providers are using electronic health records and providing their residents with Internet access, but few of them are sharing health information with outside entities, creating potential gaps in the care continuum for patients. Read More »

Google Glass Should Be Banned For Privacy Reasons Say One In Five UK Residents, Per New Survey

Darrell Etherington | TechCrunch | June 5, 2013

Google Glass isn’t even a product released for public consumption yet and already people are up in arms about its effect on personal privacy. Read More »

Health Execs Uneasy About EHR Budgets, Survey Finds

Susan D. Hall | FierceHealthIT | June 21, 2012

About half the business administrators at hospitals or health systems who participated in a recent poll conducted by New York-based audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG said they're halfway or more done with deployment of their electronic health record system; 48 percent, however, said they're only somewhat comfortable with their organization's budget for doing so. Read More »

Help Us Put Blue Button On The Map

Peter Garrett | HealthITBuzz | September 16, 2013

How do we talk about the Blue Button Initiative in a way that really gets the attention of those who don’t already know about it or haven’t thought about its benefits? Read More »

Hospital Execs Forecast Higher IT Spending

Rene Letourneau | HealthLeaders Media | April 30, 2013

Admissions will shift significantly from the inpatient to the outpatient setting in 2013 as providers transition to new care delivery models, says a Premier healthcare alliance survey. It also indicates that hospitals will make their biggest capital investments this year in information technology. Read More »

Increasingly, Clouds Are Built the Open Source Way

Joe McKendrick | Forbes | June 13, 2012

Today’s cloud computing landscape has no clear leading vendor; but rather is a mosaic of services. While the commercial opportunities are enormous, open source clouds are beginning to dominate the private cloud side of the market.

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