Healthcare IT News
Associate Editor Molly Merrill’s April 10 online story “Blumenthal says HITECH faces challenges,” about ONC chief David Blumenthal’s article in the New England Journal of Medicine, yielded two detailed reader comments focused on the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology.
HIMSS09 wraps up today here in Chicago with keynote speeches from Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Naval Flight Surgeon Captain Jerry Linenger.
The HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is unclear on the development of health information exchanges, and the deadlines attached to incentives have been reported all over the map.
Tuesday's proceedings don't include a keynote, but there's no shortage of buzzworthy happenings at day three of HIMSS09 here in Chicago.
Attendees refilled Chicago's McCormick Place Monday morning for day two of the HIMSS09 Annual Conference and Exhibition.
As federal lawmakers prepare to increase the use of performance measures to improve quality of care, the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program has recognized Mayo Clinic’s Rochester Methodist and Saint Mary’s hospitals as having exemplary outcomes for surgical patient care.
Miami system deploys tracking technology; Virginia health system automates ED; Johns Hopkins to use dashboards in OR; Michigan Hospital group boosts patient safety
Dermatology EHR criteria in the works for 2010; Pediatric Associates boosts interoperability with EHR; Connecticut home care agency Automates; Physician query software provides ROI
McKesson’s Interqual suite helps hospitals with RAC; Baxa corp. acquires ForHealth technologies; Cardinal Health spinoff to be named CareFusion;
New Picis products address IV, injection services
A compilation of recent hires, promotions and moves in the healthcare information technology industry.