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Dentists to benefit from company’s mobile and Web-based practice management application Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for technology-based economic development, today announced that it has committed $150,000 in financing to Umbie Health Corporation (Umbie Health) of East Hartford, Conn., through its Pre-Seed Fund. The financing will be used for technology development, beta testing, business development, marketing and other expens

An interesting graphical depiction of the correlation between income and life expectancy by country… Shared with us by Ira Yellen, from our CTC Board. This is a 200 year look at the world progress in health and income displayed by a Swedish professor and done graphically so that you can quickly grasp progress over these 200 years. Comment by Marc Lourengard: Great presentation. One of the interesting parts was that the life expectancy curve is flattening out. The wealth disp

"The government’s final “meaningful use” regulations, which tell hospitals and medical practices to what extent they must implement electronic medical records in order to qualify for a first round of federal incentive payments, came out in July. And now there’s some word on whether hospital IT brass think they’ll actually be able to qualify…" Survey: Most Hospital CIOs Plan to Get First-Round IT Incentives #cio #health #Hospital #insurance

WASHINGTON – Most health IT Regional Extension Centers, funded by the federal government to jump start the adoption of EHRs by physicians in solo and small practices, remain in the planning phase, according to a new survey by eHealth Initiative…  Most Regional Extension Centers still in planning stages —— CONNECTICUT – Learn about the CT's Health IT Regional Extension Centers :  Regional Extension Center (REC) Overview On April 8, 2010 eHealthConnecticut received a $5.7 mill