Cincinnati, OH, December 03, 2013-- On the eve of its 100-year anniversary, Dolbey and Company, Inc., which began in 1914 as a partner and dealer for Thomas A. Edison’s dictation machine company, announces the issuance of a United States patent for “Systems and Methods for Providing an Electronic Dictation Interface.”

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As health IT leaders make their way to New York for the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) Digital Health Conference, certain trends are emerging that will define healthcare in 2014. Practice Fusion, the nation's largest healthcare platform, looks at these key trends from 2013 and predicts what they might mean looking forward. With the ongoing Meaningful Use incentive push for health technology and the recent difficulty of many vendors to deliver on new and upcoming requirements, it's looking to be a big year for upheaval in the health IT sector.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2013 -- Hello Health® and CollaborateMD have announced the integration of Hello Health's no-cost electronic health record (EHR) and patient portal with CollaborateMD's affordable medical billing and practice management system. The partnership marries Hello Health's one-of-a-kind business model with CollaborateMD's robust claim management functionality, for an easy-to-use, complete solution that is free and well-suited for small- to medium-sized independent medical practices.

ANN ARBOR, MI, September 16, 2013 – San-Diego-based Sharp HealthCare, one of the nation’s leaders in implementing electronic health records, also devotes significant resources to ensure that patient information is easily accessible and patients are correctly identified within its records system to support its 2.3 million visits per year.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--PracticeMax, a national provider of medical practice management and technology services, today announced it has acquired Medi-Data Service, LTD, (MDS) of Naperville, IL, continuing its expansion of operations throughout the Midwest. Under the direction of president Andy Kokosa, MDS is one of the oldest most respected medical management firms in the Chicagoland area. For over three decades, MDS has provided billing and practice management services across a multitude of specialties, including individual physicians, groups, and hospital owned practices.

An increasing number of factors thwart efforts to bring new technologies to patients suffering from cardiovascular disease. In the minds of physician researchers and industry leaders, regulatory barriers, less financial return on investment and government impediments interfere with innovation. However, if innovators can adapt and evolve to a more global healthcare ecosystem, a silver lining may materialize.