Molly Merrill

During the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics’ two-day conference on meaningful use of healthcare information technology systems, Carolyn Clancy MD, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, said physician practices and health systems eyeing bonuses under the stimulus package should begin now by setting up health registries with their health IT vendor.

Children’s Medical Center in Dallas became the first hospital to Twitter in real-time from a transplant surgery.

The American Academy of Family Physicians National Demonstration Project on the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) concluded almost a year ago, and as the project comes under evaluation experts have raised concerns and recommendations.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have announced the creation of a new interagency effort, the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT).

A new study identifies the top five challenges senior IT executives face when implementing wireless applications and devices in the healthcare setting.

A new study suggests that patients are open to having electronic medical records play a more central role in their care.

Children's Medical Center in Dallas has become the first hospital to tweet in real time during a transplant surgery.

Children's Medical Center in Dallas will provide live Twitter updates from its operating room Monday, while 3-year-old John Gilbreath receives a kidney transplant from his father.

IBM executives are touting the company's new "stream computing" software as representing "a significant advancement in information technology."

Healthcare IT and medical technology are primed for investment in 2009, according to an annual report on healthcare investing issues.