International healthcare technology and systems event opens today in Riyadh to support growth of eHealth systems in Kingdom The 2011 HIMSS Middle East Conference and Exhibition opens today (Sunday 29 May), bringing together leading international experts in healthcare information systems and technol...

Cerner, a leading vendor for hospital information systems, announced that it is currently negotiating to provide technology to the Missouri Health Connection (MHC), a state-sponsored health information exchange (HIE). While some HIE vendors are involved in state-backed, federally funded HIEs, Cern...

Direct sales business structure spurs investment in human resources to support business growth in Middle East region InterSystems Corporation announced today that it appointed Michel Amous as Country Manager for the Middle East and India region. The new position is part of a larger investment strat...

Saudi health authorities adopt World Health Organization standard – key benefits to quality of healthcare in the Kingdom to be discussed at HIMSS conference in Riyadh The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health and its medical insurance regulating arm, the Cooperative Healthcare Insurance Council have o...

IOD Incorporated, a Green Bay, Wis.-based provider of integrated HIM solutions to health systems, announced new expanded capabilities to address health information management’s top three challenges of this decade: transitioning to ICD-10, implementing electronic records and recruiting highly qua...

City of Philadelphia has selected eClinicalWorks, the Westbourough, Mass.-based ambulatory clinical systems provider, to help improve the continuity of care for the City’s Department of Public Health, according to eClinicalWorks. Using eClinicalWorks will provide the approximately 230 providers...

Banbury – 16 May 2011 – iSOFT Group Limited (ASX:ISF) has agreed contracts with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust for its strategic e-prescribing and medicines management (ePMA) solution and follows an agreement to extend its contract for iSOFT’s PatientCentre patient administration system for a ...

Varian Medical Systems announced that its ARIA® for radiation oncology information system has been awarded Surescripts® e-prescribing certification for new prescriptions and refill requests. This allows physicians using the ARIA system to manage radiation therapy treatments are now able to excha...

According to a new study published in the May issue of Health Affairs, using health information technology (Health IT) can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and produce other important environmental savings. The study, carried out by Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.), estimates that el...

It’s been a little more than a year since the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator announced the State Health Information Exchange (State HIE) Cooperative Agreement Program grants in March 2010.  In total, 56 states, eligible territories, and qualified State Designated Entities (SDE) receive...