Mike Miliard

A lot of talk these days has focused on transparency in government. Transparency in healthcare is important, too.

This much is known about the health information exchange marketplace: It's probably the most fast-changing and unpredictable sector in health IT.

TRICARE, the Department of Defense healthcare program, has contracted with San Mateo, Calif.-based Epocrates to offer physicians mobile access to the TRICARE formulary list.

Inventor of the modern mobile phone, Dr. Martin Cooper, says during a panel discussion that "the industry is still in its infancy."

At the ATA 2011 opening plenary Sunday afternoon, American Telemedicine Association President Dale Alverson, MD, gave a powerful opening speech that emphasized how a "perfect storm" of factors has set the stage for fundamental transformation of care healthcare delivery. "This is a time for telemedicine," he said.

The ONC announced earlier this week that more than 60 healthcare and health IT organizations - from EHR vendors to integrated delivery systems to state-based and private-sector HIEs - have expressed their support for the Direct Project's simple and secure messaging protocols.

The ease with which IBM’s Watson computer dispatched its human opponents on Jeopardy! this past February was something to behold.

Parody project becomes sly marketing campaign for two IT vendors

Dozens of would-be competitors collaborate under ONC auspices on pivotal data exchange project

“It’s widely agreed upon that barcoding at the bedside does improve patient safety,” said Coray Tate, clinical research director at KLAS. “That’s been proven without any doubt.”