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The government has already begun planning for meaningful use requirements under Stages 2 and 3 – to be used beginning in 2013 and 2015 – and some stakeholders would like to see the feds raise the ante on quality.
Many hospitals and doctors already plan to adopt electronic health records and qualify for federal incentive payments, according to survey data released last month by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
From the White House to the Office of the Inspector General, the government has issued plans that will involve the advancement of healthcare IT in 2011.
Many Americans believe that U.S. policymakers’ failure to invest more in medical innovation will have a "significant long-term impact" on quality of life, employment and economic growth, according to a new poll. Medical research and innovation is typically linked to the use of information technology.
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has announced the launch of its new EHR certification program for hospitals.
IBM and Premier healthcare alliance executives say they will integrate health information from hospitals and other healthcare sites to create a model that could benefit more than 2,400 hospitals and thousands of other healthcare organizations across the country.
The iPad looks like a good fit now for doctors, but does the future hold something better?
HIMSS award recognizes excellence in use of IT
Six healthcare systems have announced a first-of-its-kind partnership that will see them joining the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice to share data on outcomes, quality and costs across a range of common and expensive conditions and treatments.
There are many ways to go green. At Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a 550-bed teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School, John Powers, vice president of information systems, chose green tech.