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I have not read the report by the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University that demonstrates EHRs in some cases can impose higher costs to hospitals and lower quality of care. That said, I have some concerns about the study.

In this past quarter of annual industry conferences and user groups, the notion of Sustainability has entered the vernacular of the healthcare market. Driven by healthcare reform and cost pressures, sustainability is a platform for business decisions and future market success. In this blog, we begin to decode the new sustainability messaging.

When you read articles about physicians who aren't going to make the switch to electronic health records, it's always interesting to note the age of the nay-sayers. I'm not trying to start a war between generations, but age has a lot to do with refusal to adopt health IT.

With funding from the American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the federal government is poised to distribute over $21 billion in incentive payments to hospitals and providers to spur the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) and health information exchanges (HIEs).

Since the passage of the HITECH provisions of last year’s ARRA, the Obama administration has taken significant steps in several directions toward hastening the implementation of new HIT across the healthcare sector.

Doctors at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, California, say computerized physician order entry (CPOE), which is typically one of the first functionalities used in EHRs, has saved lives at their institution. It marks the first time evidence, which was published in the journal Pediatrics, has been presented that links EHRs with a decrease in mortality.

The Dept. of Health and Human Services will soon announce the 15 communities - from a pool of 130 applicants - that will serve as the Beacon Communities.

This week was filled with special HIT events convened by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. Yesterday, the Governor's Healthcare IT Conference began with a panel of CEOs.

What with many vendors and providers behind schedule on both HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10, Computer Sciences Corp. published a report offering advice on creating a balanced approach to migration and implementation. Here are three key questions to get providers started.