Vendors news and information

When it comes to interoperability of healthcare information technology systems, much of the focus has been on data standards and health information exchanges to promote the external swapping of information between one provider armed with an electronic health-record system and another.
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Last year, former White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra said there would be a bigger Blue Button in the future. That future would be now.
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Updated electronic health-record system test measures are now available from HHS' health IT office.
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In June, the MGMA-ACMPE released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most-pressing practice management challenges. In this edition of "Practice Makes Perfect," we'll tackle No. 9 on that list: managing finances.
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A lawsuit filed in Florida's Miami-Dade County Circuit Court seeks class-action status for doctors who use the MyWay electronic health-records system from Chicago-based Allscripts Healthcare Solutions.
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The CMS missed its own 2012 deadline to issue the final rule for a regulation that aims to make financial relationships between healthcare providers and manufacturers more transparent.
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McKesson Corp., a major national player in pharmaceuticals distribution and health information technology, cleared a regulatory hurdle this week on its path to purchasing a medical supplies and equipment distributor.
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New Allscripts CEO Paul Black has a lot of explaining to do, and he knows it.
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CareCloud, a Miami-based vendor of practice-management, revenue-cycle management and electronic health-record system software and services, named John Walsh chief technology officer.
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HealthEast, St. Paul, Minn., plans to spend $135 million over five years on a new electronic health-record system for its network of hospitals and clinics.
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