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Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech Awards $2.35 Million in Grants to Accelerate Connections to Statewide Health Information Exchange
June 20, 2013Source: Massachusetts eHealth Institute
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MeHI) today announced 32 collaborative projects that will receive HIway Implementation Grants of up to $75,000 each. These Implementation Grants will assist 80 health care organizations across the Commonwealth in connecting to the statewide Health Information Exchange, the Mass HIway, enabling them to improve patient care and reduce costs.
Learn MoreMassachusetts Health Information Highway to Fund $2M for Implementation Grants
March 15, 2013Source: Massachusetts eHealth Institute
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative today announced a $2M HIway Implementation Grant Program which will fund projects that catalyze connections to the statewide Health Information Exchange, the Mass HIway.
Learn MoreMassachusetts launches statewide health information exchange
October 17, 2012Source: ModernHealthcare.com
Massachusetts on Tuesday launched a statewide health information exchange that will allow healthcare providers to share electronic health information as they seek to improve coordination of care, lower costs and increase patient safety.
Learn MoreAsking Population Health's Unanswered Questions
August 23, 2012Source: Healthcare Infomatics
AUGUST 23, 2012 - Pilots under the Query Health project are testing two standards: the HQMF standard that expresses an e-measure in machine-readable electronic format; and a query envelope for the secure exchange of queries.
Learn MoreIT Experts Discuss New Technology in the Health Care Industry
August 13, 2012Source: C-SPAN
AUGUST 13, 2012 - WASHINGTON, DC - Smart phones may soon be on the front lines of patient-generated health information according to a panel discussion hosted by the Alliance for Health Reform today/Monday. Speakers from the Health & Human Services Department and the health care industry discussed new apps called “observation of daily living” currently being tested by both patients and doctors as a new way to monitor health and get patients more involved in their own health care.
Learn MoreThe ‘Alternative Quality Contract,’ Based On A Global Budget, Lowered Medical Spending And Improved Quality
July 12, 2012Source: HealthAffairs
JULY 12, 2012 - Seven provider organizations in Massachusetts entered the Blue Cross Blue Shield Alternative Quality Contract in 2009, followed by four more organizations in 2010.
Learn MoreGlobal Payment Shows Promise As Consumers Wait For Savings
July 12, 2012Source: WBUR
JULY 12, 2012 - BOSTON - Hospitals, doctors and insurers in Massachusetts are moving at a rapid pace into what are known as global payments, or sometimes global budgets. A study published online in the journal Health Affairs says there are signs that moving doctors into a global budget is good for patients, but the change isn’t saving consumers any money yet.
Learn MoreMurray, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Announce Multi-National Research Study on Pre-Malignant Lesions in Throat Patients
June 19, 2012Source: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
JUNE 19, 2012 - BOSTON, MA - Senate President Therese Murray (D-Plymouth), Massachusetts Life Sciences Center President and CEO Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister, and Dr. Ramon Franco of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary announced a multi-national research study to develop non-invasive procedures to detect pre-malignant lesions. Finland, Northern Ireland and Catalonia have also made commitments to be part of the study.
Learn MoreMassachusetts to Host US-EU Conference on Connected Health in October
June 19, 2012Source: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
JUNE 19, 2012 - BOSTON, MA - Senate President Therese Murray (D-Plymouth) announced today that the European Commission has selected Massachusetts to hold an October conference on the US-EU Memorandum of Understanding on eHealth.
Learn MoreHealth Data Network Could Follow Central Mass. Project
June 18, 2012Source: Worcester Business Journal Online
JUNE 10, 2012 - WORCESTER - When a hospital sends a patient to a nursing home or rehab hospital, or vice versa, staff on the receiving end often find themselves calling the sender for patient records that never made the trip.
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