Bernie Monegain
A radiology professor is calling on radiologists across the country to mount a campaign against the overuse of medical imaging.
As hospitals across the country strive to roll out electronic medical records and cope with an estimated shortage of more than 50,000 information technology professionals, Duke University is expanding its informatics programs.
The National Institutes of Health has launched a nationwide IT-supported research initiative using human studies to define changes in the human immune system in response to infection or to vaccination.
Orlando Health will implement a Web-based decision support checklist tool to assist physicians with diagnosis decisions.
ONC has awarded $15 million in two new contracts for work on the Nationwide Health Information Network. The contracts, awarded to systems integrator Stanley Inc., follow another $6 million contract announced on Aug. 2.
More than 40 healthcare organizations will benefit from more than $1 million in Cardinal Health Foundation awards aimed at boosting care and efficiency.
President Obama's recess appointment of Harvard Medical School professor Donald Berwick, MD, to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid is drawing praise from healthcare IT leaders across the country even as his detractors paint him as a champion for socialism and healthcare rationing.
In this NewsMaker interview, Healthcare IT News editor Bernie Monegain discusses John Glaser's eleven months as adviser to ONC chief David Blumenthal.
When this and other deals are consummated, the new organizations will be large enough to gain the attention of the Fortune 100. This is how healthcare IT will cease to be so fragmented.
"In today’s final rule, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made some important improvements. However, the American Hospital Association (AHA) remains concerned that the requirements may be out of reach for many of America’s hospitals..."