Diana Manos
Wendy Whittington, MD, chief medical officer at Anthelio Healthcare Solutions, supports the adoption of health IT. But she warns that certain oversights during the implementation process could have adverse affects on patients.
Will Saunders, group president of government healthcare solutions at Xerox, says state healthcare workers are "the unsung heroes" of healthcare reform. There are "incredible demands on them," he says.
Researchers at Stanford University have designed an interactive case-based online activity to help clinicians prevent and treat sepsis, a life-threatening infection that takes more than 200,000 lives each year.
Healthcare is one of the top issues in the 2012 presidential election, and all the candidates are promising big things. For Republican candidates, their platforms all rest soundly on repealing the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA).
New advances in medication management technology, including electronic medication administration records (eMARs) are helping long-term care facilities avoid medication errors and streamline care.
Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta, Ga. has hired Charles Enicks as chief information officer, a seasoned healthcare information technology executive with more than 35 years of senior leadership experience.
After some stops and starts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has at last released the proposed rules for Stage 2 of qualifying for the meaningful use of electronic health records incentives.
What is a chief nursing informatics officer (CNIO), some people ask, and how important is one? In this era of healthcare payment realignment and evidence-based medicine, key stakeholders say the CNIO position is critical.
Officials at Emmi Solutions, a healthcare communication company, announced that its interactive patient engagement programs are now fully functional on smartphones and tablets.
A few organizations weigh in early on the proposed rule for meaningful use stage 2, including concerns about effect of its delay until 2014.