Monthly Archives: March 2012

Physician Enthusiasm Continues to Build for Hello Health’s Web-Based Patient Management Platform

Posted on March 31, 2012 by David

Hello Health the web-based Patient Management Platform designed for independent primary care physicians announced the addition of 13 new practices to its growing client roster. Since January of this year, Hello Health has signed 13 practices in ten states, comprising … Continue reading →

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Medical Mastermind Practice Management Software Certified for Meaningful Use

Posted on March 31, 2012 by David

BALTIMORE, MD – Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 – Software Unlimited, Inc.’s premier offering, Medical Mastermind Practice Management, has received the federal government’s “meaningful use” stamp of approval by earning EHR Module Certification. The designation officially deems the software capable of enabling … Continue reading →

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Sen. Whitehouse, make some more noise, please

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Neil Versel

I have railed more often than I can count against politicians and the national media for misleading or at least failing to inform the public on what health reform is all about. For me, it was quite refreshing to see … Continue reading →

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At Long Last, An Official ICD-10 Delay Announcement

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Waiting to see what you got for Christmas is fun. Waiting to see when the ICD-10 mandate will be put into place is, well, not fun at all. But soon our anticipation will come to an end. According to one … Continue reading →

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Simply Healthcare Selects MedHOK to Enhance Quality Improvement Initiatives

Posted on March 30, 2012 by David

TAMPA, Fla. – Feb. 28, 2012 – MedHOK, one of the healthcare industry’s fastest growing companies providing cloud-based software, announced today that Simply Healthcare will deploy its integrated care management, quality and compliance platform to proactively enhance its quality improvement … Continue reading →

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TeraMedica Signs Agreement with United Hospital System, Based in Kenosha, WI, for its Evercore® – Vendor Neutral Architecture

Posted on March 30, 2012 by David

Evercore Smartstore™ and Evercore Univision Zero-Download Viewer to be Deployed (MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – March 26th, 2012) TeraMedica, Inc. announced that following the signing of an agreement between the parties on December 23rd, 2011, United Hospital System will implement TeraMedica’s Evercore … Continue reading →

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38-Provider St. Cloud Orthopedics Selects the SRS EHR

Posted on March 30, 2012 by David

Future Vision, Long-Term Commitment to Physician Productivity Set SRS Apart MONTVALE, NJ – March 26, 2012 –SRS, the leader in productivity-enhancing EHR technology and services for high-performance physicians, today announced that St. Cloud Orthopedic has selected the SRS EHR for … Continue reading →

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Doctors Seldom Listen When Hospitals Recommend EMRs

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Wouldn’t it be nice if doctors and hospitals had a big influence on which EMR medical practices chose?  Everybody would interoperate, training would be, well, centralized if nothing else, and the EMR implementation could get rolling faster. Unfortunately, that doesn’t … Continue reading →

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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Visits Practice Fusion

Posted on March 29, 2012 by David

Leader Pelosi speaks from Practice Fusion headquarters on the future of healthcare and technology, job creation: “Jobs being created here at Practice Fusion are for a better, healthier America.” San Francisco, CA – March 29, 2012 – Democratic Leader Nancy … Continue reading →

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Tennessee HIMSS Launches Workforce Initiative

Posted on March 29, 2012 by David

Nashville, Tenn. – March 26, 2012 – Today, members of the board of the Tennessee Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announced details of their workforce initiative, delivering on a promise to provide opportunities for healthcare IT students and professionals … Continue reading →

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