Healthcare IT News

(SPONSORED) Frank Nydam, Healthcare CTO for VMware, talks about the company's vCloud solution for healthcare, and Marketing Manager Tisa Murdock, gives us a closer look.

Healthcare IT News has won a Jesse Neal Award for Best Issue of a Newspaper/Tabloid for its November 2012 print publication, awarded by a board of judges composed of more than 100 experienced business editors.

GOP strategist Karl Rove recalls a personal encounter with the power of healthcare IT. Mike Miliard asks Rove what role the government should play in reform, and whether the Bush administration could have infused $27B in stimulus funds.

Deborah Essex of Aspen Valley Hospital explains how incentives led to increased patient collections for the Colorado-based facility.

Paul Wilder of the New York eHealth Collaborative discusses interoperability and the role of meaningful use Stage 2, which he says has helped more than Stage 1.

Franco Rizzolo of the Suburban Orthopaedic Medical Center explains how integrating an EMR with a patient payments system has reduced front-end work and increased accuracy.

Achieving meaningful use is no easy feat for small providers, but Blue Mountain Hospital in Utah got it done. CFO Jeremy Lyman tells how, and shares his advice for other small providers.

Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital was the third hospital in North Carolina to receive payments in return for demonstrating the meaningful use of health IT. CFO Don Trippel explains how the hospital reformed its finances through IT.

What role does EHR certification play in the era of meaningful use? Alisa Ray, executive director and CEO of CCHIT, answers that and more in this interview from HIMSS13.

In today's headlines, you'll see a recap from today's keynote speaker, former President Bill Clinton, as well as sessions featuring Connie Mariano, MD, and Paul Begala, CNN political contributor.