February 22, 2012 |

Diana Manos

Mary Mosquera

Officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are expected to present on Thursday the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use Stage 2 of the federal incentive plan for adopting electronic health records.

February 21, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Fred Rachman, MD, CEO of the Alliance of Chicago Community Health Services, prompted the group of physicians and technologists in the room to start thinking about what a successful healthcare system might look like.

February 20, 2012 | Richard Pizzi
There's no way around it: Accountable Care Organizations, or ACOs, are the future of healthcare in the United States, and providers had better get on the bus sooner rather than later.

February 17, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
A comparison of HIMSS Analytics data from September 2011 to December 2011 suggests that a number of hospital segments showed increased capability to achieve Stage 1 meaningful use.

February 17, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT would receive $66 million, or $5 million more than the current year, under President Barack Obama's proposed budget for fiscal 2013.

January 5, 2012 | White Papers
The healthcare environment naturally lends itself to wireless networking, given the inherently mobile nature of physicians, nurses, orderlies, and others who move from beds to examining rooms, ministering to patients. This paper looks at how healthcare providers are using wireless LANs creatively to improve patient care and to realize much-needed cost efficiencies. It also discusses the primary challenges health organizations face in their deployments and offers up solutions for successfully addressing them.

November 22, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) improves and expands current Federal privacy and security protections for health information. As healthcare organizations move to exchanging large amounts of health information electronically, it is important to ensure that such information remains private and secure. Please join analyst Scott Lundstrom, Group Vice President, IDC Health Insights for this webcast. He will explore the key excerpts from the Act, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) audit steps, look at Healthcare organizations who have been fined and the impact on their organizations, and outline corrective measures on how to avoid a security breach.

October 13, 2011 | White Papers
This paper, based on a roundtable session featuring Liz Johnson of Tenet Healthcare Corp., examines how leading hospitals and health systems in the country are implementing mobile point of care, sharing best practices and lessons learned, to deliver real-time, high-quality care anywhere.

September 15, 2011 | White Papers
The list of challenges faced by IT professionals in the healthcare sector continues to grow, from security and compliance regulations to cost-cutting initiatives. Download this white paper to learn TEN best practices to manage your IT infrastructure and protect access to key information.

July 7, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
As Healthcare organizations focus on making EHRs operational, effective security infrastructure strategies must also be developed to ensure appropriate confidentiality, integrity, and that controls are in place. Join Deloitte & Touche LLP and Oracle Corporation for a discussion on current EHR security and privacy challenges. Learn about strategies for creating an end-to-end security framework that integrates risk and compliance management.

January 24, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
Last night, the remaining four GOP candidates debated in Tampa, Florida and, as usual, there were a number of topics misrepresented as facts – Mitt Romney’s attacks on the federal health law among those.

January 13, 2012 | Kelly Mehler
Last week, we looked at Rick Santorum's controversial statement that no one has ever died because they didn't have health insurance. This week, it seems another GOP presidential candidate has gotten himself into a bit of trouble regarding health insurance.

January 9, 2012 | Kelly Mehler
In their second debate in 12 hours, the Republican presidential candidates hashed it out Sunday morning during the television program Meet the Press. We live-tweeted the debate (@HITNewsTweet) and present here a full recap of the event and the reactions it prompted.

January 3, 2012 | Kelly Mehler
The 2012 Iowa caucuses take off tonight, as candidates compete for the Republican presidential nomination. But where do the hopefuls stand on healthcare legislation, and how will that sway voters in the Hawkeye state? Here is a Twitter recap of what users have been saying on the subject matter.

December 28, 2011 | John Moore
It is almost becoming the norm to say that it has been another tumultuous year in the healthcare IT market. If 2011, was a bit bumpy, believe we will see craters in the road to HIT enlightenment in 2012.

January 6, 2012 | Industry News Release
Yardi announced today that it has acquired ALMSA Corporation, which provides electronic health record (EHR) and electronic medication administration record (eMAR) software and services for assisted living and long-term care communities.

November 1, 2011 | Industry News Release
Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, today announced that HealthPartners, the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation, has selected its iConnect vendor neutral archive to create a true enterprise-wide imaging strategy across all of its hospitals and clinics.

October 6, 2011 | Industry News Release
Jericho Systems Corporation, the pioneer in Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) technology, today reinforced its commitment to protecting the privacy rights of patients, healthcare providers, insurers, and other government agencies while securely sharing sensitive healthcare information.

October 4, 2011 | Industry News Release
PLC Systems Inc. (OTCBB: PLCSF), a company focused on innovative medical device technologies, today announced that it had signed an agreement with ACIST Medical Systems, Inc., a Bracco Group company, to distribute its innovative RenalGuard System™ in France and Germany.

September 15, 2011 | Industry News Release
Glen R. Stream, MD, MBI, FAAFP, a family physician in Spokane, Wash., assumes the role of president of the American Academy of Family Physicians today. Previously, he served three years as a director on the AAFP Board and one year as president-elect. Stream was elected president-elect in September 2010 by the Congress of Delegates, the AAFP's governing body. The AAFP represents 100,300 physicians and medical students nationwide.