Mike Miliard, Managing Editor
Mike Miliard is Managing Editor at Healthcare IT News. Mike covers topics such as health information exchange, privacy and security, analytics and ICD-10. Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeMiliardHITN.
FRAMINGHAM, MA | Mike Miliard | May 16, 2013 | 11:08 AM | Business Intelligence, Workforce Management, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
With recognition that "the path through accountable care is unknown," IDC Health Insights has launched a new Accountable Care Maturity Model, designed to help healthcare organizations gauge their own status and make strategic decisions for funding... More
WASHINGTON | Mike Miliard | May 15, 2013 | 09:25 AM | Meaningful Use, Mobile/Wireless, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
National eHealth Collaborative and Healthwise, a nonprofit organization that develops patient education and engagement technology, announced Tuesday that, as part of their collaborative efforts, Healthwise will make NeHC's Consumer eHealth Readiness Tool... More
PITTSBURGH | Mike Miliard | May 13, 2013 | 10:21 AM | Data Warehousing
UPMC announced May 12 that it is the first health system in Pennsylvania to commit to the purchase of wind power energy credits equal to its data facilities' annual energy usage. More
BLOOMFIELD, CT | Mike Miliard | May 10, 2013 | 10:31 AM | Claims Processing, Mobile/Wireless, Telehealth
Cigna has announced that it will enlist the help of MDLIVE, a developer of telehealth technology and services, to offer eligible health plan members round-the-clock online video consultations with internal medicine, family practice and pediatric doctors. More
ARLINGTON, VA | Mike Miliard | May 9, 2013 | 11:07 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchange (HIE)
The number of U.S. physicians using electronic medical records has topped 90 percent, and nearly half of the doctors polled for a new Accenture survey say they now use health information exchange technology -- an uptick of 32 percent. More
AUSTIN, TX | Mike Miliard | May 8, 2013 | 15:13 PM
The time is right for tele-ICU. The need for more intensive-care beds is acute. The cost of caring for critically ill patients has never been higher. Intensivists are in short supply, and only getting scarcer as the population gets older. More
AUSTIN, TX | Mike Miliard | May 8, 2013 | 15:11 PM
Sarah Pletcher, MD, medical director of the year-old Center for Telehealth at Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, tried for a long time to get a telemedicine program up and running in her rural region: hundreds of "moose-intensive... More
CHICAGO | Mike Miliard | May 7, 2013 | 22:43 PM | Mobile/Wireless, Privacy and Security, Quality and Safety
American Health Information Management Association has launched a best practice guide to help consumers better evaluate the merits of specific mobile health apps. More
AUSTIN, TX | Mike Miliard | May 7, 2013 | 08:38 AM | Telehealth
Ironically, Andrew Watson's first telemedicine procedure was with a rural patient who was a Mennonite. At first, the patient and physician looked at each other warily. More
AUSTIN, TX | Mike Miliard | May 6, 2013 | 18:48 PM | Telehealth
Jeffrey O. Henley, chairman of the Oracle Corporation, offered a technologist's perspective on the opportunities of reshaping healthcare in his Monday morning keynote at the American Telemedicine Association's 18th Annual International Meeting... More
AUSTIN, TX | Mike Miliard | May 5, 2013 | 19:59 PM | Health Information Exchange (HIE), Mobile/Wireless, Telehealth
The American Telemedicine Association's 18th Annual International Meeting & Trade Show kicked off with a flourish on Sunday in Austin, Texas, as the trade organization works to drive adoption of distance-based care and prepare for rapid change as new... More
OREM, UT | Mike Miliard | May 3, 2013 | 10:56 AM | Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
The latest report from KLAS shows that meager reimbursements and strained resources are posing big challenges for health systems as they try to manage post-acute care. More
