GE and Ascom team up to boost clinician communications
Date: Apr 28, 2010
GE Healthcare and Dübendorf, Switzerland-based Ascom Wireless Solutions have announced plans to launch a wireless hospital-wide messaging system, designed to improve workflow and communication for   Read »

EMRs at work at Detroit marathon
Date: Apr 23, 2010
Henry Ford Hospital researchers took electronic medical records onto the marathon route last year to show that the technology could make it easier to care for runners.  Read »

Vendor Notebook - IBM, athenahealth ink deal
Date: Apr 23, 2010
IBM has signed a business process services agreement with athenahealth, the provider of Web-based business services for physician practices.  Read »

Top 10 Stage 1 challenges for eligible professionals
Date: Apr 21, 2010
A new report names the top ten challenges that eligible professional practices must address to meet Stage 1 meaningful use criteria.  Read »

Smart Card Alliance calls for two-factor authentication
Date: Apr 21, 2010
The Smart Card Alliance Healthcare Council is urging the use of two-factor authentication with smart card technology as a way to protect against medical identity theft.  Read »

Med-e-Tel sees mHealth emerging worldwide
Date: Apr 15, 2010
What healthcare needs now is a daily dose of vitamin M.  Read »

Mobile health monitoring market on the rise
Date: Apr 14, 2010
Revenues from remote patient monitoring using mobile networks will rise to almost $1.9 billion globally by 2014, according to Juniper Research.  Read »

Vendor Notebook - Management Health Solutions buys AtPar
Date: Apr 09, 2010
Management Health Solutions, the Fairfield, Conn.-based provider of clinical inventory solutions, has announced its acquisition of AtPar Inc., a developer of mobile supply chain so  Read »

HHS grants $267 million for more regional extension centers, thousands of jobs
Date: Apr 06, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday awards for more than $267 million to 28 non-profit organizations to establish Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers.  Read »

Vendor Notebook - Pharmacy OneSource launches checklist system
Date: Apr 02, 2010
Pharmacy OneSource, of Bellevue, Wa., a software-as-a-service provider to more than 1,300 hospitals in the United States, announced the launch of VeriForm, a new web-based hospital  Read »