Healthcare IT News

Lenovo has introduced its new ThinkPad X201 laptop, touting it as the industry’s fastest ultraportable laptop. The ThinkPad X201 weighs 3.5 lbs, and with battery life of more than 10 hours, the ThinkPad X201 Tablet offers better portability for doctors and nurses making the rounds.

The Department of Health and Human Services will conduct two surveys to find out more about patient perceptions and preferences for the use of healthcare information technology.
HHS announced the two studies in the Federal Register on May 14.


Catholic Health East headquartered in Newtown Square, Pa. will deploy evidence-based clinical decision support order sets at its 18 hospitals.

Kevin Hutchinson serves on the federal Health Information Technology Standards Panel, advising President Barack Obama's national coordinator for health IT, Dr. David Blumenthal, on the development and use of health information interoperability standards.