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Mostashari expects big year ahead for data exchange
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Health information exchange will ramp up significantly in 2012 because the necessary elements of interoperability will be in place, ONC chief Farzad Mostashari, told the Health IT Policy Committee  Read »

Minnesota: A healthy appreciation for HIT
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Minnesota is home to the Mayo Clinic – a world-renowned institution for medical care, research and education, employing more than 3,700 of the smartest physicians and scientists and scientists in  Read »

FairWarning announces 2011 milestones
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FairWarning, supplier of cross-platform healthcare privacy auditing solutions for EHRs, has announced its 2011 milestones.  Read »

Ireland gets upgrade for patient admin system
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IMS MAXIMS has implemented the latest version of its Irish patient administration system across more than 50 healthcare organizations in the country.  Read »

Anthelio, Healthland to help bring EHRs to rural hospitals
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Anthelio has partnered with Healthland, which implements technology in rural community and critical access hospitals, to help migrate Healthland clients to its new Centriq EHR.  Read »

Healthcare technology stocks poised for modest growth
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Healthcare technology stocks don’t have the obvious roadblocks facing many other healthcare sectors in 2012, according to industry analysts who spoke to an audience of 600 at the Nashville Health C  Read »

10 tips to prepare for an OCR audit
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It’s one thing to prepare your organization with a solid defense against a potential privacy breach.  Read »

Greenway set for IPO
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Facebook's expected IPO filing may be the talk of Wall Street this week, but electronic health records and practice management firm Greenway Medical Technologies is poised to make some waves of its  Read »

Health data breaches up 97 percent in 2011
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Health data breaches in the U.S. increased 97 percent in 2011 over the year before, according to a new report by Redspin, a leading provider of IT security assessments.  Read »

Florida docs worry about IT, Medicare cuts
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The uncertainty of how physicians will practice medicine in the next few years weighs heavily on doctors in Florida.  Read »