Insurance coverage for healthcare IT software, to protect healthcare IT companies from damages inflicted by their software

Ah. well they should be protected, with the number of physicians unhappy with the Healthcare IT systems rising. We ll thank goodness patients will also get third party coverage if the software errs. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has established the “Healthcare Information Technology” liability insurance to protect Healthcare IT companies. Over 1,000 companies supply [...]

GE Healthcare announces SaaS Electronic Medical Records Management

http://newsroom.gehealthcare.com/ GE Health Care is rolling out a new, cloud-based platform that makes it easier for physicians with small practices to maintain and keep track of the electronic medical records of their patients. The new SAAS offering is part of GE’s Centricity offering. Introducing Centricity Advance Colonnades Family Medicine is running on Centricity Advance, a [...]

National Library of Medicine wants health care organizations to test drive Medical mapping tool

The National Library of Medicine wants health care organizations and vendors to test drive its new mapping tool that covers 5,000 standardized clinical terms , to create a standard medical vocabulary to support applications for electronic health records The Obama administration is distributing more than $19 billion in payments to doctors and hospitals that buy [...]