Bernie Monegain
The Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled CuidadodeSalud.gov, the first website of its kind in Spanish to connect consumers to new information and resources aimed at helping them access quality, affordable healthcare coverage.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has awarded $15 million in two new contracts for work on the Nationwide Health Information Network.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is partnering with IBM to market UPMC's "smart" hospital rooms nationwide.
The University of North Carolina Health Care System (UNCHCS) will implement the Lawson Human Resource Management suite, including the Lawson Employee and Manager Self Service application.
Hospitals are making progress on collecting and reporting healthcare-associated infection (HAI) data to a national network, according to a new survey by the Premier healthcare alliance.
First there was Yale-New Haven Hospital, the 944-bed primary teaching hospital for the Yale School of Medicine. There is also the children’s hospital and the psychiatric hospital. Most recently, the health system added the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, a $467 million, 14-story paragon of patient care and safety, of environmental virtue – and of information technology.
Orlando Health is rolling out a Web-based decision support checklist tool to assist physicians with diagnosis decisions.
A new bipartisan bill aims to ensure that multi-campus hospitals that employ and show meaningful use of health IT systems receive incentive payments that reflect the higher costs of implementation.
While healthcare providers are making progress toward 5010 compliance, many are lagging behind the timeline set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to results from the HIMSS 5010/ICD-10 Industry Readiness survey.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded a three-year demonstration $3 million grant aimed at reducing birth-related injuries. The grant supports quality improvement and data analysis initiatives.