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2006

Sun’s Healthcare Mantra: Reduce Cost and Complexity
Digital HealthCare and Productivity, December 27, 2006
So how do we get an incentive? Well, the incentives for the primary care physician would be that he or she can get the reimbursement when they complete an electronic claims process a lot faster than they can get it today.

Kaiser: Critical need to cut rising costs $7 billion in losses if no action taken, HMO report says
San Francisco Chronicle, November 7, 2006
Kaiser has already started cutting costs, he said. Some departments have hiring freezes while others are evaluating staffing levels. Some layoffs may be necessary, but cutbacks will not affect patient care, Halvorson said.

Tech/Children’s Partner on $5M Pediatric Center
Georgia Tech, October 25, 2006
The center launched with the support of several major donors that provided $5 million in initial funding, as well as investments by Georgia Tech and Children’s.

NIH funding renewed for VA study of alcohol and HIV/Aids interactions
EurekAlert! September 27, 2006
VACS concentrates on an extensive, in-depth cohort of veterans with and without HIV infection, in primary outpatient care at eight VA medical centers around the country. The researchers use electronic medical record data including clinical, laboratory, and pharmacy data and patient surveys to study the patients' multiple medical conditions, quality of life, treatment success, use of health care services and death.

United States: New Exceptions, Safe Harbors Proposed for Donations of E-Prescribing and Electronic Health Records
Mondaq, August 8, 2006
The agencies also posted final rules for safe harbors under the federal anti-kickback statute relating to donations of e-prescribing and interoperable electronic health record (EHR) systems to referral sources....

Report finds healthcare IT spending increasing
CBR, July 13, 2006
In 2001, banking and financial services spent about 5% to 6% of revenues on IT, compared with 3% to 4% for healthcare organizations.

Health network supports community clinics in serving low income and uninsured
The Daily Transcript, June 29, 2006
In pursuit of this mission, clinic medical directors have identified the adoption of an electronic health record (EHR) system as one of their top priorities, emphasizing that the network cannot continue making progress in quality improvement and disease management without it.

Grants for medical record network
Record Online, May 26, 2006
The Mid-Hudson will receive $6.2 million in state grants to help build regional electronic medical record networks, Gov. George Pataki announced this week.

Kansas gets $306,000 for medical record privacy
Kansas City Business Journal, May 25, 2006
Kansas has won a $306,000 grant to help ensure the privacy of electronic medical record sharing, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday.

Healthcare foundations pledge $.5 million for electronic records
CBR, May 8, 2006
Due to the cost and lack of technical expertise, fewer than 5% of the more than 500 community clinics and health center sites in California use an electronic health record (EHR) system to manage patients' medical care.

Kaiser grants $1 million to troubled Doctors Medical Center
San Francisco Business Times, April 18, 2006
Kaiser is giving the money to help Doctors -- which is run by the public West Contra Costa County Healthcare District -- replace its information technology systems and install an electronic medical record system.

The First Affordable Integrated Full-Fledged Practice Management and EMR Program Available for MAC by Ambassador Agent Precision HealthCare
PR Web, March 21, 2006
The integration of MacPractice MD with SpringCharts EMR provides the first affordable, comprehensive MAC OS X practice management and EMR solution for Physicians. Doctors may request demonstrations of MacPractice and SpringCharts integration by registering at Precisionhcc.com

Grant will help small-practice doctors computerize patient records
Star Bulletin, February 21, 2006
"This is an opportunity for them to get started if they are kind of sitting on the fence," said Dr. Dan Heslinga, of Kaneohe, who is overseeing the three-year project, "Bridging the Adoption Gap."

Blue Cross donates $75K to PMC for monitoring of patients' drugs
Pocono Record, January 29, 2006
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania BCNEPA has contributed $750,000 to Pocono Medical Center PMC in East Stroudsburg to support the hospital's ongoing computerized patient safety initiative.

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