Current Headlines

1. What Physicians Think About EHRs And Mobility
   6/19/2013

   User poll shows physicians want mobile access to electronic health records; thousands unhappy with systems they are currently using and looking to change By Lisa Kerner, contributing writer

2. Do Patient Portals Equal Patient Engagement?
   6/18/2013

   Stage 2 Meaningful Use will require physicians ensure patient access to electronic health records. Can patient portals accomplish that, or will they damage the doctor/patient relationship? By Lisa Kerner, contributing writer

3. The (Healthcare) Social Network
   6/17/2013

   Social media – Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to name but a few – have been impacting healthcare for as long as they have been around. Now, instead of simply using existing social media, healthcare entrepreneurs are developing platforms designed specifically for the industry. By John Oncea, editor, Healthcare Technology Online

4. Vitera Healthcare Solutions Announces Acquisition Of SuccessEHS
   6/17/2013

   Vitera Healthcare Solutions, the nation’s premier provider of ambulatory electronic health records (EHR) and practice management software and services, recently announced the acquisition of SuccessEHS.

5. Why Physicians Prefer Apple Over Android
   6/17/2013

   Physicians have revealed in numerous articles the platform of choice when utilizing mobile devices are iPads and iPhones. What is it that makes these Apple products more popular than the Android operating system, and what are physicians using mobile devices for? By John Oncea, editor, Healthcare Technology Online

6. Ingenious Med Integrates Health Language To Enhance ICD-9 And ICD-10 Search
   6/13/2013

   Ingenious Med, Inc., the nation’s largest point of care charge capture solution, has announced the integration of Health Language from Wolters Kluwer Health to support its code search engine.

7. McKesson’s Clear Coverage Helps Payers And Providers Partner To Meet New Healthcare Demands
   6/13/2013

   Balancing the quality, accessibility and cost of care continues to be a struggle in healthcare. Progressive healthcare organizations, however, are taking a new approach that leverages smart automation and improved collaboration to help achieve this goal.

8. OnePartner HIE Leverages Allscripts dbMotion To Forge Collaboration And Population Health Informatics
   6/13/2013

   OnePartner Health Information Exchange (HIE) has extended its partnership with Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX), adding the dbMotion™ platform to support the HIE's growth. 

9. CHRISTUS Health Chooses McKesson For Comprehensive Document Management
   6/13/2013

   CHRISTUS Health, a major not-for-profit Catholic health system, has selected McKesson’s suite of documentation management solutions to manage clinical, demographic, billing and operational documents across 26 hospitals in seven states.

10. Vitera Healthcare Solutions Releases Vitera Medical Manager EHR For Current Medical Manager Customers
    6/13/2013

    Vitera Healthcare Solutions, the nation’s premier provider of ambulatory electronic health records (EHR) and practice management software and services, recently announced the release of Vitera Medical Manager EHR — a Web-based EHR, analytics and clinical transaction platform designed specifically for current Vitera customers.