January 26, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Former Microsoft Health Solutions Group executive Peter Neupert will join Health Evolution Partners, a venture capital firm launched by former National Coordinator for Health IT David Brailer, MD, as an operating partner.

January 19, 2012 | Mike Miliard
A new case study shows how Mercy healthcare system has reaped the benefits of integrating GS1 Standards, including bar codes, across the medical device supply chain.

January 3, 2012 | Diana Manos
ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, has listed 10 health technology issues that hospital leaders should have on their watch lists for 2012.

December 7, 2011 | Stephanie Bouchard
Gartner has ranked Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health number one in its third annual Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25. Cardinal ousts med-surg supplier Owens & Minor, which dropped to fifth place.

October 25, 2011 | Eric Wicklund
Eric Dishman, the Intel executive and popular healthcare reform speaker, told members of the Medical Group Management Association that America needs to move away from centralized care and embrace a distributed model.

January 19, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
Billian's HealthDATA and Porter Research will present findings of a primary market research study highlighting providers' perceptions of business intelligence and analytics solutions - their needs, challenges and adoption strategies. The study explores technologies being utilized today; as well as providers' requirements for the future that will better enable their organizations to drive strategic initiatives to improve quality of care, contain costs and meet impending and evolving healthcare reform initiatives.

October 17, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
Do you ever ask, "What is my relationship between staffing and patient wait times or incidents?" "Where are opportunities to standardize supplies to reduce costs?" "How does length of stay impact service line profitability?" When it comes to your healthcare organization, you need answers that reveal where you can minimize waste, manage expenses and enhance your ability to deliver quality patient care. View this webinar to learn how analytics for healthcare can help you simplify access to timely information across your organization, deliver accurate information and support faster decision-making and control critical areas of spend so you can focus on improving patient care.

October 29, 2010 | White Papers
Read this thought-provoking report, including detailed results from a Healthcare IT News survey, as well as case studies from visionary healthcare organizations.

October 26, 2010 | Debra Dore
With cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in the United States, cardiovascular specialists have long used clinical quality guidelines to optimize care and enhance the quality of life for patients.

June 10, 2009 |

Chad A. Eckes

Edgar D. Staren, MD

While an organization implementing an electronic health record might be so fortunate as to have a thorough and well defined contract, support of its leadership, and a committed and capable team, all that is likely to be for naught without a carefully structured communication plan.

March 4, 2009 |

David Kibbe

Brian Klepper

Now that the legislative language of the HITECH Act -- the $20 billion health IT allocation within the economic stimulus package -- has been set, it's time to identify a National Coordinator (NC) for Health IT who can capably lead that office.

February 9, 2009 | David Kibbe
Clinical Groupware is a departure from the client-server and physician-centric EHR technology of the past 25 years, a fixed database technology that never really became popular.