Greenway Medical Technologies and Vitera Healthcare Solutions to Combine
Vista Equity Partners, owner of Vitera, to acquire all outstanding Greenway common stock for $20.35 per share in a transaction valued at approximately $644 million…
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NeHC Seeks Organizations Committed to Consumer Engagement
National eHealth Collaborative to Build Comprehensive Database of Consumer Engagement Solutions and Supporters National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC), a public-private partnership with a mission to accelerate…
New Report Shows Hospitals Ready to Meet Stage 2 Meaningful Use
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Patient Consent for Electronic Health Information Exchange
HealthIT.gov Add Meaningful Consent Tools HHS announced the launch of an online resource to help health care providers effectively engage patients in choosing how they want their…
Health IT Business News – Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Today’s Business News Nuance Communications announced a specialized version of Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition that is designed to enable physicians using Epic’s electronic health record (EHR)…
Survey Says…40% of Consumers Willing to Switch to Physicians Using EHR Technology
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New Research Reveals Medical Identity Theft is Up
Affects 1.84 Million U.S. Victims Medical identity theft is a national healthcare issue with life-threatening and hefty financial consequences. According to the 2013 Survey on…
AHIMA Calls for Set of National Guidelines for Visit Code Reporting
Comments on CMS’ Proposed Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs Implementation of national guidelines for reporting hospital outpatient clinic visits would lead to standardized and…