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HEALTHeLINK Inks Deal with EMR Vendors to Offer Discount Pricing Posted: 20 May 2009 09:39 AM PDT Buffalo-based HEALTHeLINK , the Western New York Clinical Information Exchange, says it reached formal agreements with six EHR companies for the use of these technologies in local physician offices and other health care practices. In order to help increase adoption rates, the companies have agreed to extend preferred community-based pricing for their products, technologies and services to HEALTHeLINK participants, the organization says. The companies, all of which have products certified by the Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, are: Allscripts  (Chicago),  eClinicalWorks  (Westborough, Mass.), McKesson Corp. (Alpharetta, Ga.),  MedAppz LLC (Wichita, Kan.),   NextGen  (Horsham, Pa.) and Pulse Systems, Inc.   (Wichita, Kan.).

NaviNet Gets CAQH CORE Phase II Certification Posted: 20 May 2009 09:05 AM PDT Cambridge, Mass.-bed NaviNet (formerly NaviMedix), says it is the first vendor to receive a CAQH Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) Phase II clearinghouse product Certification Seal CORE Phase II rules expand upon the data consistency and interoperability improvements gained by rules created in CORE Phase I. The Phase II rules cover requirements for electronic connectivity, patient identifiers, claims status, and reporting of year-to-date patient financial responsibility and coverage, including an increased number of service type codes that are defined by HIPAA. CAQH (Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare, Washington) is a catalyst for industry collaboration on initiatives that simplify healthcare administration for health plans and providers.

Electronic Patient Registry Improves NYC Diabetes Outcomes Posted: 20 May 2009 05:34 AM PDT The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) says it has seen a significant improvement in health outcomes for diabetes patients and attributes this to an aggressive chronic disease management program and the use of a computer-based patient registry. According to the organization, the registry pulls data from HHC’s advanced electronic health records system and allows clinical teams to tailor medication regimens and better support self-management efforts for more than 50,000 New Yorkers with diabetes.

Little things influence doctors, UM study finds Posted: 5/18/2009 New York Times Doctors like to think they're impervious to drug-company influence. But a University of Miami study found that even little things, like cups and pens, have an insidious pull.

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