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Four healthcare systems and technology giant IBM have joined the Premier healthcare alliance in a data analytics venture, making the second announcement this week of healthcare providers going in with a big-data partner.
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The usability of electronic health-record systems varies widely, and developers of EHRs that do a lot of handholding after the sale score highest on usability ratings, according to a report by health information technology market researcher KLAS Enterprises.
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Sister Judith Ann Karam, president and CEO of Sisters of Charity Health System since 1998, plans to resign July 26. Terrence Kessler, the Cleveland-based system's general counsel, will take over on an interim basis. Their ages weren't provided. The system includes three hospitals in...
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Epic Systems Corp. sits atop a heap of more than 400 developers of complete electronic health-record systems for ambulatory-care physicians and other eligible professionals who have received federal EHR incentive payments, federal data shows.
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Chicago-based Allscripts, which provides electronic health-record systems, practice management and other clinical, revenue cycle, connectivity and information products, has named Brian Farley senior VP, general counsel and corporate secretary.
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When thousands of Gulf Coast residents fled Hurricane Katrina, many of their paper-based medical records were soaked or blown to the winds. Ever since, proponents of electronic health-record systems and health...
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Not everyone is pardoning Google's dust as Chicago's Merchandise Mart makes renovations for the arrival of the Internet giant's new mobile solutions unit next year. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions is suing its landlord.
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Electronic health systems developer Allscripts Healthcare Solutions recorded a net loss of $11.6 million in its first full quarter under new leadership, the company reported after the markets closed Thursday.
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Medical software company Allscripts Healthcare Solutions plans to hire another 350 workers in North Carolina's Research Triangle region over the next 4½ years to expand its research and development work, chief executive Paul Black said Wednesday.
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The nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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