Molly Merrill

The Illinois State Medical Society is set to offer practice management services to its more than 12,000 physician members.

Saint Joseph's Health System, a 410-bed, acute-care hospital in Atlanta, has launched the International College of Robotic Surgery to train surgeons around the world.

The National Institutes of Health, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research, has awarded three contracts for pilot projects to improve informatics support for researchers conducting small-to medium-sized clinical studies.

The recent success of telehealth programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show a boon for the technology, especially in treating patients with chronic care conditions.

Eric K. Shinseki, a retired Army general, was sworn in Thursday as the seventh Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Clara Maass Medical Center, a 465-bed community hospital in Belleville, N.J., that's affiliated with the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, is boosting health information exchange for its physicians.

A new study by clinicians at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center shows that the use of a remote monitoring technology coupled with a clinician notification system can boost patient outcomes as well as reduce costs.

West Virginia University Hospitals went live this weekend with Merlin, a $90 million electronic medical records project, as part of its "Wave 2" implementation.

Physicians at Tomball Regional Medical Center are using mobile devices to receive real-time data about their patients. They say the technology will improve the quality of care by helping them to respond quicker to patients' needs.

The 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study opened online Thursday.