- The University of California Davis announced that it has awarded contract to InterSystems Corp. of Massachusetts for integration services with its Epic EHR system.
- Epic claims that its EHR system at Kaiser Permanente securely manages the records of 8.6 million patients.
- Epic announced it won EHR contracts from:
o Sentara Health System in Norfolk, VA, 8 hospitals, for $273 million
o Franciscan Alliance, including all 13 hosptials and 165 practices for a total of $100 million.
- Allscripts announced it won EHR contract from St. Joseph’s Health System, which has locations in California, Texas and New Mexico.
- The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), using it new enforcement power, slapped a $4.3 million penalty against Cignet Health of Maryland for failure to honor patients’ requests for access to their medical records, as part of the HIPAA law.
- A study conducted by DowJones VentureSource found that:
o venture capital investment in medical software rose from $387.5 million in 2009 to $460 million in 2010, representing a growth of 19%
o an estimated 77% of venture capitalists predict that investment in healthcare information technology will continue to increase this year
- Massachusetts General Hospital agreed to pay HHS a fine of $1 million to settle a HIPAA violation involving 192 patients.
- KLAS Research announced results of a survey of customer satisfaction of EHRs in the ambulatory market:
o Allscripts = 16%
o Epic = 12%
o NextGen = 10%
- Hewlett Packard claims it won managed print services contracts, including its printers and MFPs from the following healthcare vertical customers:
o Bayer Schering Pharma AG
o Centra Health
o Children’s Hospital of Boston
o Cigna
o Exempla Healthcare
o Health Net
o Humana
o San Juan Regional Medical Center
- The Medicare Fraud Strike Force reported that it arrested 111 people last month, for allegedly bilking Medicare out of $225 million in false claims.
- Adam Greene, Senior Health IT and Privacy Advisor in the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), part of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), announced the minimum fine for HIPAA violation will increase from $100 to $50,000. This means that the minimum fine for misplacing just one patient record could result in a $50K fine.
- eClinicalWorks won an EHR contract from BayCare, a community based healthcare system in Tampa, FL.
- McKesson won an EHR contract from Stanly Regional Medical Center of Albermarle, NC.
- CapSite survey finds that 23% of hospitals plan to use consulting help to get their clinical systems up and running
- Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health & Human Services, announced the following about the EHR vendors that have been certified as meeting federal “meaningful use” standards:
o 231 vendors now certified
o 66% of these have fewer than 50 employees
- David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for HITECH stimulus money announced:
o 21,300 healthcare providers have signed up to qualify
o $20 million has been paid out so far from Medicaid
o Medicare payments start in May, 2011
- PatientKeeper announced it won contract from Madison Memorial Hospital of Rexburg, Idaho.
- Cerner, maker of EHR systems, announced it is in negotiations to but the former Sam’s Town Casino complex in Kansas City.
- The Henry Ford Health System of Michigan announced that an employee lost a flash drive containing the records of 2,777 patients. This is their second HIPAA violation in less than a year.
- Allscripts partner, dbMotion, announced contracts with:
o Orlando Health
o University Hospitals of Cleveland
o Sharp Healthcare (which will connect to its Cerner system)
o Huntington Memorial Hospital of Pasadena, CA
- Siemens announced it won an EHR contract from Jefferson Regional Medical Center of Pennsylvania.
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