Healthcare IT News

As we close out 2013 and look forward to a fresh new year, we present you with 10 stories that had you, our readers, most captivated. They inlcude news about IRS troubles and EHR breakdown at a major hospital system. Bad news seems compelling. But so does good news, in the form of lists.

President Obama acknowledges the technical issues with HealthCare.gov, pledging his Administration will resolve them soon and asserting that the distressed ACA web portal is not the only way to shop for affordable health insurance.

Sandy Kukla, RN, telehealth senior program manager for GCI ConnectMD, talks about the company's growth from radiology image transfers to a telehealth network connecting 240 provider locations, including some overseas.

(SPONSORED) Raymond Solone, global marketing director, healthcare solutions for Care Innovations, says telehealth needs to "think disruptive" as an industry in order to progress.

Tony Titus, senior vice president of Numera, talks about the company's personal emergency response systems (PERS), which can detect a person falling and automatically place an emergency call.

Kevin Quinn, senior vice president of AMC Health, describes the remote patient monitoring vendor's telehealth services and its device-neutral approach to providing healthcare IT.

Pramod K. Gaur, vice president of telehealth for OPTUMHealth, talks about the payer's interest in telehealth's potential to drive healthcare access, healthcare quality and improvements to the experience of both the patient and provider.

(SPONSORED) Joel E. Barthelemy, founder and managing director of GlobalMed, talks about the company's telemedicine initiatives, its role with the VA and what the government can do to assist telemedicine development and profitability.

Mercy President and CEO Lynn Britton talks about the health system's telehealth initiatives at ATA 2013.

(SPONSORED) Jay Culver, Business Development Manager, AT&T, speaks with Healthcare IT News' Bernie Monegain.