Health Care Information Services

<div id="subtitle">Survey finds fewer than 2 percent of US hospitals have comprehensive electronic health records</div><div><p>U.S. hospitals have a long way to go to join the digital age. Fewer than 2 percent have abandoned paper medical charts and completely switched to electronic health ...

<div id="subtitle">As government pours billions into health technology, Wal-Mart moves to leverage size</div><div><p>As the Obama administration begins investing billions in health information technology, Wal-Mart plans to use its unrivaled size to bring high-tech medical records to U.S. physicians.</p><p>In ...

&lt;p&gt;Effective EMR Software For Single and Small Medical Practices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By Harry T Selent&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Single and small medical practices need all the help they can get when it comes to managing the practice. Employing more staff won't solve the ...

&lt;p&gt;Obama's Stimulus Package May Lead to a Medical Records Bonanza&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By D. York&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Physicians must begin using EMR systems to process their patient data by 2014. In fact, the time for physicians and hospitals to begin their switch ...

<div id="subtitle">General Electric collaborates with medical institutions on electronic medical records tech</div><div><p>Industrial powerhouse General Electric Co. hopes a push into medical electronic records and information with some of the top health care institutions in the nation will put it at the front ...

<div><h1> HOW TO PLAY IT: DIGITAL HEALTH CARE </h1><p>America's economic stimulus is likely to include substantial funds--maybe $20 billion--to digitize medical records.</p><p> The money will flow to a broad group of companies over time. But before you dive into their stocks, it ...

<div><h1> ATHENAHEALTH, THE DOCTOR'S FRIEND </h1><p>In times of economic woe, doctors get more cost- conscious. So demand is rising for the services of Athenahealth (ATHN), the largest publicly traded provider of Web-based systems that automate and manage billing-related functions for physicians. It ...

<div><h1> THE DUBIOUS PROMISE OF DIGITAL MEDICINE </h1><p>Neal Patterson likens the current scramble in health information technology to the 19th century land rush that opened his native Oklahoma to homesteaders. Cerner, the large medical vendor Patterson heads, is jockeying for new business ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Cerner Corp &lt;CERN.O&gt; look a little pricey, but there may be upside yet because of "gaping holes" in healthcare information technology that are starting to get filled, Barron's reported on Sunday.</p><p>Cerner, a healthcare information technology company ...

<div><p>General Electric Co.'s health care division said Monday it will offer financing to doctors and hospitals that buy GE's electronic medical records equipment in an effort to cover an expected lag in the flow of federal stimulus money meant for the medical ...