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David Blumenthal, MD, the newly-appointed National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will assume the role Monday, April 20.

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, part of Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care, used Twitter to post live updates of a bi-lateral knee replacement surgery, showcasing its use of new orthopaedics technology.

A new study says hospitals' efforts to implement "meaningful" EHR systems will be affected more by the federal funding they may lose than what they may receive.

The Sharp Community Medical Group has gone live with its electronic health record system, called SCMF CONNECT.

Brigham and Women's Hospital, a 777-bed teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and GE Healthcare are teaming up to conduct molecular imaging research aimed at developing personalized treatment for cancer, brain and heart disease.

Military officials say the deployment of a pervasive operational business intelligence system has allowed them to be more efficient in evacuation and care activities, minimizing suffering and improving care.

New York will distribute $60 million for projects that promote the use of health information technology in patient-centered medical homes.

A wearable sensor for monitoring the elderly will soon be made available to long-term care facilities to aid in fall prevention.

Only 7 percent of hospitals meet Leapfrog medication error prevention (CPOE) standards and few hospitals are meeting mortality standards, according to the 2008 Leapfrog Hospital Survey, released Wednesday.

At a time of layoffs across the country, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) launched CoreLink Administrative Solutions, a healthcare IT company, in January.