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• Maine's Medicaid Mistakes

  BNET - 2006-04-15

  On Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, the state of Maine cut the ribbon on its new, Web-based Maine Medicaid Claims System for processing $1.5 billion in annual Medicaid claims and payments. The new $25 million program, which replaced the state's old Honeywell mainframe, was hailed as a more secure system that...

  Tags: Maine, Medicaid, International Data Group, Healthcare

• Coping With the Compliance Headache

  BNET - 2006-04-11

  More and more, business is being driven through regulation. Multiple regulations, from Sarbanes-Oxley to HIPAA and beyond, will have a big impact on cost but will do nothing for the revenue side. The question becomes how to minimize the impact on business operations. What if IT had a single configurable...

  Tags: Compliance, International Data Group, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Hipaa, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Healthcare

• Opening a Virtual Gateway to Better Health

  BNET - 2006-03-15

  For decades, the 17 Health and Human Services HHS agencies in Massachusetts operated separately and constructed separate systems within their own fiefdoms. Each had its own business processes for common tasks like applying for benefits and eligibility determination and used different forms to collect similar data. HHS was referred to...

  Tags: Gateway Inc., U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, Health Care, International Data Group, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Gender And Diversity, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

• CentrePath Customer Honored with Prestigious Best Practices in Storage Award; Community Health Network Recognized by Storage Networking World, IDG's Computerworld, and Storage Networking Industry Association for Excellence in Storage Systems Implementatio

  - 2005-12-07

  WALTHAM, Mass. -- CentrePath, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent management solutions for optical and storage networks, today announced that one of its customers, Community Health Network, has been honored as the winner of the Storage Networking World SNW Best Practices In Storage award for the System Implementation category. Community...

  Tags: Benefits, Computerworld, HARDWARE, HEALTHCARE, International Data Group, network, NETWORKING, SOFTWARE, Storage, Storage Networking Industry Association

• IDG launches Health Industry research & advisory service

  - 2005-09-30

  IDC (Framingham, MA), a unit of International Data Group (Boston, MA), has launched Health Industry Insights (HII; Framingham, MA), a new independent research and advisory practice focused on providing health industry executives and senior managers with research, business cases, benchmarking and best practices on the use of information technology. The...

  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, International Data Corp., International Data Group, patient, SOFTWARE

• Successful Bio-IT World Conference + Expo 2005 in Boston Completed - Dates Announced for 2006 Event; Keynotes, education, new product introductions and bustling exhibit hall highlighted Bio-IT World

  - 2005-05-24

  FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for technology markets, and Bio-IT WorldTM magazine today announced the successful completion of Bio-IT World Conference + ExpoR, held May 17-19, 2005 at Boston's Hynes Convention Center. Next year's event will take place in Boston...

  Tags: conference, education, HEALTHCARE, International Data Group

• Best of Show Awards Winners Named at Spring Bio-IT World Conference + Expo

  - 2005-05-19

  BOSTON -- Products From HP, InforSense, Phase Forward and TEMIS Recognized for Their Technical Innovation Driving Biomedical Research, Drug Discovery IDG's Bio-IT World magazine and IDG World Expo today announced that products from four bio-IT companies were named Best of Show Awards winners at a ceremony held here last...

  Tags: conference, HEALTHCARE, HP ProCurve, International Data Group, knowledge

• New Products Ready to Make their Debut at Bio-IT World Conference + Expo This Week in Boston; Event offers in-depth education and a first look at the latest technology solutions

  - 2005-05-16

  FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for technology markets, today announced that this week's Bio-IT World Conference + ExpoR will showcase the latest technology solutions for life sciences. Taking place May 17-19, 2005 at Boston's Hynes Convention Center, Bio-IT World attracts...

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• Bio-IT World Magazine and IDG World Expo Announce Best of Show Awards Finalists for Spring Bio-IT World Conference + Expo 2005

  - 2005-05-11

  FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Winners to be Announced at May 18th Awards Ceremony at Boston's Hynes Convention Center IDG's Bio-IT World, the industry's premier B-to-B publication addressing the technologies driving discovery, development and clinical trials; and IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT...

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• Free Expo Passes for Bio-IT World Conference + Expo in Boston Available Until May 16

  - 2005-05-03

  FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Expo includes powerful keynotes, 80+ exhibiting companies, networking opportunities, educational sessions, poster presentations, birds-of-a-feather meetings IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for technology markets, today announced the lineup for the Expo portion of Bio-IT World Conference + ExpoR, taking place...

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