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| Posted: 17 Jul 2009 09:38 AM PDT Worcester, Mass.-based Fallon Clinic , a multi-specialty medical group practice, teamed up with HealthAlliance Hospital , a member of the UMass Memorial Health Care system, to launch SAFE Health (Secure Architecture For Exchanging Health Information). A regional health information exchange program, SAFE Health is now active between HealthAlliance Hospital’s Leominster Campus Emergency Department and Fallon Clinic. It was originally founded by Fallon Clinic in partnership with Fallon Community Health Plan and UMass Memorial Health Care system. SAFE Health uses technology to securely connect EHRs from multiple healthcare organizations. Its design focuses on usability by physicians, clinical staff, and patients in real-world healthcare settings. While the first phase of SAFE Health is occurring at HealthAlliance Hospital, other providers in Central Massachusetts are expected to be added to the network over the next few years. |
| Posted: 17 Jul 2009 09:34 AM PDT Mortsel, Belgium-based Agfa HealthCare has rolled out a new version of its Impax cardiovascular product. According to the company, Impax CV has been expanded to interface with Davis, Calif.-based Cedaron Medical Inc. ’s CardiacCare solutions for cardiology outcomes data collection and national database reporting. Agfa says the new product will allow clinical users to collect procedural information and automatically import the required data to the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry , the Society for Thoracic Surgeons National Database , and a number of state and provincial registries and databases. The company touts its solution for providing image and procedural report management for invasive cardiac, thoracic and vascular procedures. Agfa says, in addition to registry support, Cedaron is also providing clinical data users with tools to query, benchmark, and report on the collected results. |
| CHIME Launches CIO Certification Program Posted: 17 Jul 2009 09:15 AM PDT The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME, Ann Arbor, Mich.) has launched the first certification program designed specifically for healthcare CIOs. The Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) Program was developed by CHIME in partnership with Castle Worldwide, a certification testing company. The organization says the credential will allow certified CIOs to quickly and easily identify themselves as leaders in the industry. In addition to passing a written exam, CHCIOs must have at least three years experience as a healthcare CIO; participate in educational activities to earn Continuing Education Units; remain CHIME members and attest to uphold CHIME Professional Standards of Conduct. The first testing date will be October 27 in Indian Wells, Calif., held in conjunction with the CHIME09 Fall CIO Forum. For more information, visit www.cio-chime.org/CHCIO . |
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