Corporate Member News
1/31/2007 - The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday announced at an American Health Information Community meeting that they will work to create a common inpatient electronic health record, according to Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs William Winkenwerder, Health IT Strategist reports.
1/31/2007 - HHS on Wednesday released a report that detailed its progress since 2004 in automating the health care system, Healthcare IT News reports (Monegain, Healthcare IT News, 1/24).
1/31/2007 - Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle on Thursday unveiled a plan to budget $30 million to encourage health care providers to adopt electronic health record systems to reduce medical errors and improve quality of care, the Associated Press reported.
1/31/2007 - HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt officially accepted 30 consensus standards recommended by the Healthcare IT Standards Panel for an interoperable national health information network, Health Data Management reports.
1/31/2007 - Federal HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Thursday awarded $103 million to 27 states to adopt new systems, including electronic health records, to improve Medicaid efficiency, economy and health care quality, Government Technology reports.
1/16/2007 - Allscripts announced today a coalition of the prominent technology companies and healthcare organizations will come together to help transform healthcare. The National ePrescribing Patient Safety InitiativeSM (NEPSISM) will be launched to provide every physician in America access to free electronic prescribing.
1/11/2007 - Onex Corporation (TSX: OCX) announced today that it will acquire the Health Group of Eastman Kodak Company in a transaction initially valued at approximately $2.78 billion (US$2.35 billion)
1/10/2007 - Sale fulfills strategic intention to focus investment, increase financial flexibility
