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HTN signs Share Purchase Agreement with Advanced Computer Systems

HTN Inc. ("HTN") is pleased to announce that, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval and normal closing conditions, it has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Advanced Computer Systems Ltd. ("ACSL"), a private corporation, that has been a long time competitor to HTN in the design, development and sale of medical office/clinic automation software in the Province of Ontario.

29 Jan 2010

ECRI Institute publishes Health Devices guidance article for hospitals

Electronic health records (EHRs) are the future of medical record keeping. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes incentive payments for hospitals that adopt an EHR, but the timetable for implementation is especially tight.

29 Jan 2010

Healthscreen Solutions announces fiscal year end 2009 financial results

Healthscreen Solutions Inc., Canada's premier provider of physician practice enhancement services and electronic medical record (EMR) software, today announced its record fiscal year end 2009 financial results.

28 Jan 2010

Texas Tribune: Will local docs overcome obstacles to go paperless?

American hospitals have lots of reasons to go digital, as well as a handful of motives to stick with paper.

28 Jan 2010

Health IT money secured, but program faces challenges

Washington has channeled billions of dollars to help hospitals and doctors adopt electronic medical records, but obstacles remain on the horizon. One possible challenge is that no entity has yet been named to "test and certify" the records, Modern Healthcare reports. Nonetheless, one group, The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, will begin taking applications Feb. 12 from health IT vendors to do just that. The group fulfilled the certifying function for much of the Bush administration and gained the confidence of then-HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt.

27 Jan 2010

Health IT roundup: Provider-vendor relationships an issue, group uses racial info to customize care

Health News Florida/Kaiser Health News: "A group of Broward County doctors looking to switch to electronic medical records say the result has been a massive headache: surprise charges, inadequate training and even blocked access to patient files."

23 Jan 2010

HealthPartners Medical Group to provide timely colorectal cancer screening for African American patients

HealthPartners Medical Group today announced that it has launched an initiative aimed at saving lives by providing more timely colorectal cancer screening for African American patients.

22 Jan 2010

Rules for patient data security remain widely unenforced

"As the federal government prepares to spend up to $27 billion in stimulus funds to promote electronic medical records, a health technology industry survey suggests that a number of hospitals, health clinics, and insurance firms are violating federal security rules on patient data and putting sensitive health information at risk," The Center for Public Integrity reports.

21 Jan 2010

ETMC Athens effectively handles record number of H1N1 cases

Throughout the month of September, East Texas Medical Center Athens (ETMC Athens) has seen a 42% average increase in number of patients per day and is taking it in stride. Improved efficiencies in the Emergency Department facilitated by a process improvement firm, Compirion Healthcare, have allowed the hospital to absorb the volume and see an improvement in quality.

21 Jan 2010

Healthcare industry in Asia Pacific to grow up to US$349 billion by 2012

Frost & Sullivan believes that the healthcare industry is undergoing a paradigm shift from "sickness care" to "wellness". Focused on the 5 Ps – Preventive, Pre-emptive, Personalized, Predictive and Personal Responsibility – the healthcare industry in Asia Pacific is expected to grow to US$349 billion by 2012.

21 Jan 2010

CareCloud closes oversubscribed capital raise of $2.3 million for healthcare IT ecosystem

CareCloud, a provider of web-based physician practice software and services, today announced it has closed an oversubscribed capital raise of $2.3 million. Investors include a cadre of prominent entrepreneurs and business leaders.

21 Jan 2010

SPI to implement eClinicalWorks EMR solution

eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Summa Physicians, Inc., (SPI) has chosen eClinicalWorks electronic medical records (EMR) solution for its 223 physicians serving 33 specialties. This deal is a direct result of the relationship eClinicalWorks has held with Summa Health System since 2006.

18 Jan 2010

Memorial Healthcare System to deploy Axolotl’s Elysium Exchange solutions for HIE

Axolotl Corp., today announced that Memorial Healthcare System, the fifth-largest public health care system in the nation has selected Axolotl’s Elysium® Exchange suite of solutions to securely access and share clinical information between physician practices and medical staff. Axolotl’s Elysium Exchange solutions are used by hundreds of hospitals and thousands of health care professionals, powering 3 statewide HIEs and 18 additional regional exchanges (RHIOs) across the nation.

18 Jan 2010

Health IT Roundup: Problems with privacy, access to records highlighted in news reports

"Despite a federal law requiring hospitals and doctors to release medical records to patients who ask for them, patients are reporting they have a hard time accessing" those records and that can lead to serious complications.

18 Jan 2010

Cardiac Science and MEDENT announce new partnership deal

Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices that connect to electronic medical record (EMR) and hospital information systems, today announced a partnership with MEDENT, a leading provider of practice automation and EMR/EHR systems.

13 Jan 2010

GE Healthcare selects PTC’s PLM software to replace its legacy data management and MCAD software

PTC, The Product Development Company®, today announced that GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, has selected Windchill, PTC’s PLM software, and Pro/ENGINEER to replace its legacy data management and MCAD software.

13 Jan 2010

Denmark's digital health system could pave way for U.S.

The New York Times reports that "using medical devices and notebook computers, patients can see doctors without leaving home, and have the information automatically logged into electronic records."

13 Jan 2010

Thames Valley Cancer Network implements ARIA system for Medical Oncology

A chemotherapy software solution that enables patients to become more involved in managing their own care has been successfully rolled out across a network of hospitals in the UK. The Thames Valley Cancer Network has implemented Aria for Medical Oncology™ from Varian Medical Systems and already has more than 850 clinical staff routinely using the system.

12 Jan 2010

Health IT Roundup: Stimulus funding pushes effort to wire doctors' offices

The Orlando Sentinel: Although regional plans to wire doctors' offices have circulated for some time, "this promises to be the year doctors go digital, allowing them to share patients' medical histories or pull up diagnostic test results with the click of a mouse. Health care experts predict it will be one of the biggest health care developments of 2010." Stimulus grants and incentives to get doctors and hospitals to go digital may push the earlier plans and pilot projects to fruition (Quintero, 1/8).

12 Jan 2010

Evidence-based medicine can improve the US healthcare system

Taking a more strongly evidence-based approach to medicine would help the US healthcare system recover its ranking among other nations and improve quality, access, efficiency, equity and healthy lives, according to a report published in the International Journal of Public Policy this month.

12 Jan 2010