Medical Informatics Insider

Medical Informatics Insider is sadly retiring after over two years of operation. During that time Weblogs, Inc. has gradually refocused its priorities from business content to consumer content. If ...

The search for a new National Coordinator for Health Information has not unearthed a viable replacement as yet. The former coordinator, David Brailer, resigned last April.
President Bush and HHS Se...

Two more electronic health record (EHR) software products have been certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT).
iMedica Patient Relationship Manager 200...

As part of the standard preparations for hurricane season, private information technology companies are recommending a dose of their electronic health records systems.
A lesson was learned from Hu...

More and more medical schools are using technology, and the Internet, as teaching tools-and medical students are welcoming an infusion of technology into their educational experience. Most medical ...

Leading health-care IT companies are lining up to bid for a South African government contract to provide an electronic health record (EHR) system for patients using public hospitals and clinics.
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The Wisconsin Health Information Exchange has been awarded a contract worth $110,000 from the State of Wisconsin for calendar year 2006. WHIE intends to use the funds to develop its governance stru...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has recovered the stolen laptop and hard drive containing personal information on up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel. According to the FBI, there ...

The nine-county Rochester area of New York recently cleared a major hurdle in starting a regional electronic data-sharing network. A group that includes hospitals, health insurers and businesses wo...

The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) is launching a new learning tool that will allow any pathologist or clinician computer access to a wide range of content. The system provides informat...