President George W. Bush has signed into law the more than $150 billion dollar economic stimulus package that was passed overwhelmingly by Congress. Read more...

CDW Healthcare, part of the public-sector subsidiary of CDW Corporation and a leading provider of technology solutions to healthcare organizations, today announced that it entered into an agreement with iMedica Corporation, a developer of healthcare software solutions for physician practices, to deploy hardware solutions compatible with iMedica’s Patient Relationship Manager™ (PRM) software. The PRM software, fully integrated into technology solutions from CDW Healthcare, combines electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) capabilities into a single application operating from a unified database. Read more...

Initiate Systems, Inc., a provider of master data management solutions (MDM), and Wellogic, a leading health information exchange provider, has announced a combined solution that delivers accurate health information to clinicians and patients, enabling better decision making through reliable and meaningful data exchange. Read more...

eClinicalWorksTM, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that San Mateo Medical Center has purchased licenses of eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) software to streamline practice operations for more than 160 affiliated providers across ten locations throughout San Mateo County in California. It has also chosen eClinicalWorks Patient Portal to aid in improving patient/provider communications. An interface with the Medical Center's Hospital Information System, Siemens Medical Solutions Invision, and e-prescribing functionality, will further automate physicians in their efforts to foster better, more efficient care. Read more...