Quality and Safety
William M. Tierney, MD, an international leader in medical informatics and health services research, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Regenstrief Institute.
Visionary or worst choice? President Obama's recess appointment of Harvard Medical School professor Donald Berwick, MD, to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid is drawing praise from healthcare IT leaders across the country even as his detractors paint him as a champion for socialism and healthcare rationing.
President Obama is expected on Wednesday to put Donald Berwick, MD, at the helm of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services while Congress is in recess.
A new KLAS report, which examines the health information exchange purchase plans of nearly 100 healthcare organizations, has found that, despite a crowded market, very few companies so far have consistently earned the confidence of providers.
Even before healthcare providers begin to demonstrate the first set of meaningful use requirements next year, federal health IT policymakers are already working on how high to set the bar for providers to qualify for the next round of financial incentive payments in 2013.
The Regional Extension Centers aimed at helping physicians across the country convert to digital records have begun their work, and some of the centers’ leaders were trumpeting their goals at the 2010 Government Health IT Conference and Exhibition June 15-16 in the nation’s capital.
To make sure patients are safe, hospitals have to put their CPOE systems to the test, warns healthcare industry watchdog The Leapfrog Group in a report released Wednesday. Leapfrog called on the federal government to make testing mandatory.
One in three cardiology specialists are frustrated with the lack of functionality and integration in their cardiovascular information system, according to a new study from research firm KLAS.
The Leapfrog Group's new report on CPOE points to the harm that could occur to patients when healthcare IT is employed without proper testing and monitoring.
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded George Washington University a $1 million contract to study various healthcare reimbursement incentive approaches used by large government and commercial payers.