Now that more than $4.4 billion in electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments (as of March 2012) have been paid to 76,000 plus healthcare providers, it’s time to focus on the rest of the physicians in this country who need to implement an EHR system. MORE

Now that a cargo capsule from a private company has successfully reached the international space station (ISS), I wonder if we’ll see an increase in medical studies/experiments performed in orbit. MORE

HIMSS Professional Development, Career Services continues to strive towards touching our diverse membership from various corners of their career paths. MORE

Bloomberg News reported this week Mitt Romney might be on the verge of making a huge mistake when it comes to healthcare. He's supposedly days away from rolling out an alternative healthcare plan to President Obama's, one that involves a change in the tax code's treatment of healthcare. MORE

The Federation of State Medical Boards has released Model Policy Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social Networking in Medical Practice. MORE

As we continue the journey to protect corporate data that is accessed from personal mobile devices, we're developing increasingly rigorous policies that rebalance individual preferences with corporate compliance requirements. MORE

Last year the non-profit Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) was formed and started with some Medicare data as well as billions of claims from Aetna, Humana and UnitedHealthcare. MORE

The nursing profession continues to gain much momentum within the HIMSS community. Our membership of nurses continues to grow under the auspices of Joyce Sensmeier, Vice President, HIMSS Informatics. MORE

No matter how you feel about the federal incentive program to drive the adoption of healthcare it, the numbers speak for themselves. MORE

I’ve touched on the importance of networking in the past, but after participating in the HIMSS Virtual Career Fair earlier this week, where I witnessed the power of networking firsthand, I’m a firm believer. MORE

Sometimes healthcare hits close to home, and by that I mean it reaches out from behind the computer screens and conference podiums I sit so often in front of and grabs me by the shoulders, shaking me out of my blogging bubble with the message that this state of care we’re all living in needs to get better, quickly. MORE

The Ponemon Institute recently released their Second Annual Benchmark Survey on Patient Privacy and Data Security. The study focused on actual data loss experience from a sample of 72 healthcare organizations. Co3 Systems created a Top 10 breach/data loss objectives list that helps organizations with the necessary steps in preparation of potential data breach. MORE

The American Medical Association (AMA) says it wants the ICD-10 implementation date delayed to Oct. 1, 2015. MORE

Medical professionals — not just doctors — have discovered some creative (and not-so-creative) ways to apply the technology to many different aspects of their field, meaning savvy, Internet-literate patients should stay on the lookout for what might lay ahead. MORE

Today, we announced two exciting changes within the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT – the creation of an Office of the Chief Medical Officer and an Office of Consumer eHealth. MORE

Here at Professional Development, Career Services we always support the need for our members to distinguish themselves when attempting to position their career tracks. MORE

Recently the CEO of LinkedIn vlogged about how we need to live in constant beta. This applies to both our professional and personal lives. MORE

A decay in access to medical services for American adults could continue even if President Obama is re-elected in November, according to a recent Health Affairs study. MORE

Due to their influence in patient outcomes and patient satisfaction scores, health facilities are developing key positions of influence for nurse leaders, who are playing major roles in health IT decisions. MORE

I was chatting with a friend the other day about how to get people’s attention in this information-overload age, and we decided that the use of buzz words was a critical component of success. So I decided to test this catchy title and see if it leads to any more reader traffic than I usually get. MORE

HIMSS Professional Development is helping to orchestrate the 8th Annual Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC from June 11-12, 2012. MORE

I’ve been noticing a trend with positions being posted to HIMSS JobMine. Relocation assistance and hiring bonuses seem to be making a comeback. MORE

Advances in technology, health reform laws, and federal stimulus funds have facilitated the creation of health information exchanges (HIEs) across medical communities and are promising to make clinical data more accessible to providers at the point of care. MORE

There’s a fight going on about the adoption of health information technology in our country. This fight isn’t necessary and it shouldn’t be happening, but it is happening nonetheless – and patients have a lot at stake. MORE

The Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board released a second report on outcome investigations involving social media that were submitted by regional offices and it underscores two main points. MORE