Bernie Monegain
Communication and medical technologies have the ability to keep more seniors healthier at a lower cost, particularly those who live in remote rural areas, Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), who chairs the Senate Special Committee on Aging, told the panel at a hearing on Friday.
Increasing the use of quality measurement as part of electronic health records systems is critical to achieving meaningful use of health information technology, the American College of Physicians reported in a paper released Thursday at the 129,000-member organization's annual meeting in Toronto.
Henry Ford Hospital researchers took electronic medical records onto the marathon route last year to show that the technology could make it easier to care for runners. The researchers presented the results recently at the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine's annual meeting in Mexico.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a three-year, $72 million contract to Harris Corp. to support the expansion of the VA's Consolidated Patient Account Center across the country.
The Smart Card Alliance Healthcare Council is urging the use of two-factor authentication with smart card technology as a way to protect against medical identity theft.
Healthcare IT leaders are hailing President Obama's nomination of Donald Berwick, MD, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a signal of the administration's commitment to quality.
CAQH announced Friday that 20 health plans, clearinghouses, providers and health information technology vendors have achieved or will certify their implementation of the CAQH Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) Phase II rules.
The American Hospital Association is rallying for rapid uptake of healthcare information technology in one of 12 issue papers it released on Friday in advance of its annual meeting April 25-28 in Washington.
Oregon Health & Science University, a recognized national leader in health information technology education, will expand its course offerings with the $5.8 million in government funds it was awarded recently.
Standards organization Health Level Seven International is urging the United States to move full speed ahead with its programs for the voluntary certification of health information technology - with what the group calls "reasonable and important modifications."