Bernie Monegain

Hospitals are considering vendor-neutral solutions for archiving and accessing medical images to avoid being locked into closed, proprietary software, according to a new report from KLAS.

A telemedicine trial, undertaken by Cisco, has proven a success after almost 100 percent of responses suggested the technology used was acceptable, according to Cisco Systems, a U.S.-based multi-national corporation.

The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel has approved new interoperability specifications for electronic health records, data exchange and architecture that align with the federal government's stimulus package for healthcare IT.

Following a tour Thursday of the Cleveland Clinic, President Barack Obama held up the organization as a model of how information technology can contribute to high quality, cost-effective care.

More than 225 volunteers with the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) are updating and broadening certification programs for electronic health record technologies.

The American Medical Association says more healing is needed before it can pronounce healthcare's claims process cured.

The nation could save billions of dollars each year in the healthcare system by reducing administrative complexity, according to a new report from the Healthcare Administrative Simplification Coalition.

The Ministry of Health in Qatar will integrate its healthcare information system, PACS and blood analyzers, at the Medical Commission facility.

The University of California's San Diego Medical Center will expand its use of speech-recognition technology to several facilities, allowing physicians to include real-time speech recognition in documenting electronic health records.

Linda Kloss, the CEO of the American Health Information Management Association, will step down effective March 31, 2010, the organization announced Friday.