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Trends Update — Electronic Medical Records: Health IT and EMR Have an...
Dr. Suzanne Strasberg took over as the incoming president of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) Saturday night at their annual gala. The OMA press release headlines Dr. Strasberg’s call for access...
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Health IT in Ontario: Electronic Medical Records, eHealth Procurement Need...
The Ontario Health Quality Council’s (OHQC) 2009 Annual Report On Ontario’s Health System was released earlier this week, and it notes that Ontario lags when it comes to EMR adoption: 25 percent of...
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Trends Update — Electronic Medical Records: GE’s First Healthymagination...
GE has put $100 million — the first installment of a promised $6 billion commitment to its “healthymagination” goals — into funding zero-interest loans to physicians’ offices, hospitals, clinics, etc....
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Trends Update — Electronic Medical Records: Ottawa Telehealth Success,...
New data yesterday from a home telehealth monitoring program developed by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute claims a whopping 54% cut in hospital readmission for heart failure patients....
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Trends Update — Electronic Medical Records: Salesforce.com Clouds the EMR Field
The WSJ Health Blog notes today that Salesforce.com’s investment in Practice Fusion, though not a large financial investment, follows an appealing trend in the EMR space. Both Salesforce.com and...
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Trends Update — Electronic Medical Records: President’s Council of Advisors...
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is meeting now. The meeting is broadcast live online at http://tr.im/vK3G. They just finished introductions. Eric Schimidt, Eric Lander...
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Cumberland Ends Bio IPO Drought But Prices Under Range. Next Up, Emdeon.
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CPIX) raised $85 million in its IPO today, pricing at $17 per share. This was less than the $19-21 per share range, but since it’s the first bio IPO since November...
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Trends Update — Electronic Medical Records: Pogue Mugs On CBS and Interviews...
David Pogue waded into the EMR narrative this week, with a piece on CBS News that took a look at the U.S. efforts with an interesting focus on Kaiser’s EMR efforts. Pogue follows up with a blog post...
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Trends Update — Electronic Medical Records: Ontario’s New EMR Adoption Program
Ontario is providing up to $29,800 per physician over 3 years for new adopters of electronic medical records. In the few weeks since the program has been implemented, the OMA has gotten over 650...
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Trends Update — Electronic Medical Records: Importance of Telemedicine,...
Since the Canadian and U.S. stimuli directed fuding towards electronic medical records (EMR), we’ve been following developments in the area as part of our Biotech Trends series here on the blog and...
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