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WASHINGTON – In a broad State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Obama hailed the information age in America and the need for the federal government to support IT innovation. more

December 17, 2010 By Kenneth Adler, MD, Rick Harper, PhD, Robert Hoyt, MD A patient shows up at the emergency room unconscious and unable to give a history. Another patient arrives at his primary care physician's office 3 days after an emergency room visit, and the primary doctor has received no information. A specialist sees a third patient for a consultation and receives none of the critical records needed to help her make the consultation efficient and effective. These scenarios and many others like them, unfortunately, are all too commonplace. The consequences of incomplete information at the point-of-care can be inconvenience, inefficiency, increased costs, and adverse, even life-threatening outcomes for patients. more

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 10, 2010 - The State of Nebraska was awarded $6.8 million of federal funds by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) to continue the development of the Statewide HIE (Health Information Exchange) powered by Axolotl Corp.'s Elysium® Exchange. NeHII, the more

Successful Health Information Exchange Improves Patient Care and Delivery of Healthcare in Western Colorado GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO - Quality Health Network (QHN) is celebrating six years of improving healthcare in western Colorado. Beginning as a collaborative effort among visionary area healthcare leaders, the non-profit organization has built trust and commitment among health professionals and facilities throughout the region and has created a Health Information Exchange (HIE) system powered by Axolotl's Elysium® Exchange focused on improving the health and healthcare delivery in the area. more

With federal funds, the state’s two Regional Extension Centers (RECs) can help you adopt or improve an Electronic Health Records system. The more

There is no one financial silver bullet to funding a health information exchange (HIE), according to Keith Hepp, vice president of nonprofit HIE HealthBridge who spoke during a Webinar broadcast ... more

Health Care IT Firms Rushing to Grab Share of Stimulus Indianapolis Business Journal J.K. Wall -  jwall@ibj.com Sat. March 07 - 2009... more

AMA News By Chris Silva, AMNews staff March 16, 2009 Physicians Can Earn Tens of Thousands in IT Incentives, But They Must Act Quickly to Achieve the Biggest Benefit and Avoid Penalties.... more