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| KLAS: Next-Generation CT Scanners a Tough Sell Posted: 15 May 2009 07:01 AM PDT A new report from Orem, Utah-based KLAS says that healthcare providers are not seeing value in adopting advanced CT systems. A new KLAS report titled “Slicing the CT Market: Next Generation, 64, and 16” finds that most healthcare providers don’t yet see a real need for next-generation CT. The report adds that customer service is the biggest differentiator between CT vendors and systems, and the availability of parts and service, responsiveness to support issues, training resources and the implementation of new software upgrades generally have a greater impact on a provider’s perception of its CT vendor than specific features or functions. |
| Posted: 15 May 2009 06:55 AM PDT Harrison Medical Center (Bremerton, Wash.) has agreed to use Barrington Ill.-based GE Healthcare for a broad portfolio of healthcare IT solutions. The comprehensive deal, the company says, includes the GE Centricity’s EMR, patient communication services, ePrescribing, quality outcomes measurement, and revenue cycle management tools. According to the company, Harrison plans to roll out Centricity EMR and additional Centricity solutions to 25 of its employed physicians who provide care in the organization's community care clinics, and offer Centricity EMR and Centricity solutions for document management, eHealth and clinical messaging to over 100 physicians by funding the maximum amount available under regulations of the Stark Relaxation Law. Harrison Medical Center is a non-profit community hospital and Level III Trauma Center serving a four-county region west of Seattle. The system includes four major campuses, and the organization plans to open an additional campus later this year. |
| Posted: 15 May 2009 06:54 AM PDT The Chicago-based Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has certified Addison, Texas-based MEDHOST ’s EDIS version 4.2. The Certification Commission’s mission is to accelerate the adoption of robust, interoperable healthcare information technology throughout the United States by creating an efficient, credible, sustainable mechanism for the certification of healthcare IT products. |
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