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A new white paper from HIMSS Analytics, sponsored by Lantronix, surveyed 825 healthcare organizations to explore the progress of interfacing medical devices with the EMR.

The Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled Healthy People 2020, new 10-year goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention. Officials also launched "myHealthyPeople," a new challenge intended to spur technology innovation in application developers.  

With the initial model for the Direct Project, a streamlined version of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) in place, the federal Health IT Standards Committee has been evaluating how well it stacks up technically against other point-to-point data exchange methods.

Future docs take mobile technology as a given.

As many had predicted, 2010 was a year of mergers and acquisitions. Industry insiders expect this reshaping and consolidation will continue apace into 2011 and beyond.

In West Texas, where unemployment is at 2 percent, the popular chain Chili's had to close some of its restaurants because there were not enough employees to fill the jobs. Imagine what it's like for a healthcare system in that part of the country to recruit IT staff, says Gary L. Barnes, CIO of Medical Center Health System in Odessa, Tex.


In August, rush begins to certify EHRs.

President Obama’s recess appointment of Donald Berwick sparks controversy.

A new Center for Social Media launched at the Mayo Clinic in September with the aim of accelerating effective social media use at the clinic – as well as for hospitals, medical professionals and patients worldwide.