Community Health Alliance Leverages MEDfx HIE Solutions to Launch ConnectVirginia

February 14th, 2012

MarketWatch.com-

MEDfx Corporation and Community Health Alliance, Inc., a Virginia-based not-for-profit, today announced their partnership to create a statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE)... Read More »

10 lessons learned from linking VLER to private health orgs

November 28th, 2011

Government Health IT-

The research on coordinated care is clear: Patients experience better outcomes when medical teams operate within a connected healthcare ecosystem. Access to the patient’s complete medical history helps physicians make better decisions, reduces medical errors and eliminates duplicate diagnostic testing. Read More »

MEDfx Demonstrates Potential of Connected Healthcare by Enabling Military and Civilian Medical Professionals to Securely Access Records, Improve Care Coordination

October 28th, 2011

The Sacramento Bee-

MEDfx announced today that it has successfully demonstrated the power of connected healthcare in partnership with federal agencies and civilian healthcare organizations under the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Records (VLER) initiative for veterans and US military personnel. Read More »

Statewide HIE Contract Awarded to Community Health Alliance

October 26th, 2011

MarketWatch.com-

Community Health Alliance, Inc. (CHA) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by the Virginia Department of Health for the Statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE). Specific services to be provided by CHA include establishing a Statewide HIE governance structure, creating and staffing the Statewide HIE organization, implementing the technical infrastructure, and managing the Statewide HIE’s operations on an ongoing basis. Read More »

Federal Health IT Activity Heats Up in Q3 2011

October 24th, 2011

California Healthline-

During the third quarter of 2011, the federal government continued to implement the HITECH Act, which was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This update summarizes key developments and milestones between July 1 and Sept. 30. Read More »

Aurion 4.1 Released to Open Source Community

October 24th, 2011

Market Watch-

Alembic Foundation’s Aurion Project Delivers Newest Version of Open Source Software That Enhances Scalability and Performance and Expands Platform Neutrality Read More »

Rural grant helps link three entities in South Dakota

October 24th, 2011

Healthcare IT News-

Three South Dakota health organizations are poised to put a $900,000 federal grant to work by creating a community health information network that will make it possible for them to share patient information via electronic health records. Read More »

Medical records networks merge

October 23rd, 2011

PostStar.com-

GLENS FALLS — Two electronic medical record-sharing networks have merged, creating one organization with a much larger coverage area. Read More »

Kansas City’s Carondelet Health Physicians Selects eClinicalWorks

October 23rd, 2011

Market Watch-

 

Ascension Health Extension Hospital Chooses eClinicalWorks Comprehensive Electronic Health Record Solution to Implement for 65 Providers Across 11 Locations. Read More »

Powering Exchange for Research

October 22nd, 2011

MDNews.com-

Working with the Chattanooga Research Institute (CRI), Terenine Technology Solutions in Chattanooga, TN, is developing the Tennessee Valley’s capability to exchange electronic health records (EHRs) for both research and small practice meaningful use. Read More »

HIXNY Connects with athenahealth to Provide Access to Community Health Record on InterSystems HealthShare Platform

October 21st, 2011

BUSINESS WIRE-

InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, today announced that Healthcare Information Xchange of New York (HIXNY) has connected its health information exchange (HIE) with the cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) from athenahealth, Inc. Read More »