A national index for measuring and mapping diabetes in the United States has been launched to help prevent the disease and help determine outcomes and costs associated with it.
The top healthcare systems in the United States have lower 30-day mortality rates finds Thomson Reuters' fourth annual study naming the top 15 health systems in the country. The measures used to score the top systems are underpinned by health information technology.
The Institute for Health Technology Transformation has released a report that compiles what key health IT experts from across the United States view as the best ways to engage patients in the digital age.
The government's piece of the stimulus package aimed at boosting the adoption and use of healthcare information technology is expected to create 50,000 new jobs – maybe more.
Epic Systems is at the peak of the 20 best healthcare software vendors, as gauged by KLAS' annual survey of hospital CIOs and medical practice executives.
Information technology professionals in the United States can expect starting salaries to increase an average of 3.4 percent in 2011, according to the Robert Half Technology Salary Guide 2011.
President Obama announced Friday a $795 million government program to develop broadband access in rural parts of the country. Among the beneficiaries will be 900 healthcare facilities.
At the third annual mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C., major players in the mobile arena noted the impact mobile phones and other devices have and will continue to have both in the U.S. and across the globe. Brian Edwards, mHealth feature editor at iMedicalApps, agreed. We asked him to highlight five mobile trends to look for in 2012.
It's hard to overstate the impact Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at age 56, has had on technology for the past 30 years. In hardware, software, communications and design, Apple's contributions have been incalculable – not least in healthcare.
The U.S. healthcare system comes in last for performance among seven industrialized nations, despite spending the most, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The researchers note that healthcare reform and uptake of health information technology hold promise for the future.
A five-year ongoing study involving 10 large physician practices across the country has so far shown improved quality of care for chronic disease patients from the use of health information technology.
This report, including the Healthcare IT News and Healthcare Finance News document management survey results and case studies from top healthcare organizations uncovers important information on how document management is a core IT system within the healthcare provider community.
This whitepaper details a BI solution approach that identifies user needs, the organizational change agenda, influencers of strategic goals and KPIs which result in strategy maps and scorecards. These can be used to develop operational reports and dashboards that provide healthcare executives with operational decision support to improve business efficiencies.
The top ten challenges that eligible professional practices must address to meet Stage 1 meaningful use criteria are outlined in a new report. Among them: the need for creating proper workflows to meet criteria, and the ability to "keep an eye on the future" to meet Stages 2 and 3.
U.S. hospitals have a long way to go to reach the federal government's proposed standard of entering at least 10 percent of orders electronically, according to a new report from KLAS.
One offspring of Occupy Wall Street has failed to gain the same coverage, despite its united efforts and clear demands: Occupy Healthcare. Whether you agree with the movement or not, knowledge is power, which is why we rounded up six things to know about the Occupy Healthcare movement.
U.S. hospitals are not taking advantage of the opportunities Facebook creates to better engage patients, build healthcare communities or develop their hospital brands, according to a new study.
