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By Bernie Monegain | 11:22 am | January 26, 2012
Former Microsoft Health Solutions Group executive Peter Neupert will join Health Evolution Partners, a venture capital firm launched by former National Coordinator for Health IT David Brailer, MD, as an operating partner.
By Michelle McNickle | 10:10 am | January 24, 2012
Wendy Whittington, CMO of Anthelio Healthcare kicks off her wish list with the hope for a great emphasis, among the private sector and government alike, on ONCs Federal Health IT Plan.
By Laura Kolkman | 09:49 am | January 23, 2012
Healthcare information exchange sustainability does not just happen. To help achieve it, ask all stakeholders, early and often, what services they want and need. Here's how, with a 12-point checklist for accomplishing that.
By Diana Manos | 11:05 am | January 20, 2012
Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund and a nationally recognized economist, has a bone to pick with the federal government's recent report on U.S. healthcare spending.
By Kaiser Health News | 03:51 pm | January 19, 2012
Vermont lawmakers are taking steps to move the state toward a publicly-financed insurance program and craft a state health exchange, which is required by the 2010 federal health law and which state officials hope to use as the groundwork for their eventual move to a unique single-payer system.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:25 am | January 18, 2012
In three years, 157 hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance's QUEST: High Performing Hospitals national collaborative have saved an estimated 24,820 lives and reduced healthcare spending by nearly $4.5 billion, according to Premier.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:52 am | January 17, 2012
Newt Gingrich, the self-proclaimed "big ideas candidate," still in the running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has a history with Healthcare IT News.
By Chris Foster | 04:18 am | January 17, 2012
Empowering patients to take a more active role in their own health care is only the beginning of what social media is making possible.
By Steve O' Keefe: My Cup of IT | 11:06 am | January 11, 2012
In his latest installment of 'My Cup of IT' MeriTalk founder Steve O'Keefe looks into the new buzzword coming to the Beltway and finds a lack of Big Data Big Brains. Know any?
By Mike Miliard | 03:27 pm | January 10, 2012
To describe the still-nascent collection of health information exchanges in the United States as a "patchwork" is rather an understatement: Sometimes it's more of a crazy quilt. There are public and private exchanges, large and small, and state, regional and local HIEs – all in various stages of completion.