Molly Merrill

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, part of Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care, used Twitter to post live updates of a bi-lateral knee replacement surgery, showcasing its use of new orthopaedics technology.

Military officials say the deployment of a pervasive operational business intelligence system has allowed them to be more efficient in evacuation and care activities, minimizing suffering and improving care.

A wearable sensor for monitoring the elderly will soon be made available to long-term care facilities to aid in fall prevention.

Researchers at the University of Michigan are using high-productivity computing (HPC) systems to conduct pioneering research aimed at predicting and preventing heart arrhythmias.

As part of an ongoing ambulatory electronic medical record deployment, the Lehigh Valley Health Network in eastern Pennsylvania is refining its EMR training processes.

Minnesotans will soon have access to a virtual clinic, thanks to a partnership between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and American Well.

The Quantum Group, Inc., a Wellington, Fla.-based provider of business solutions for the healthcare industry, will subsidize an EHR for its 550 Renaissance-affiliated primary care physicians in Florida.

David Blumenthal, MD, the newly appointed National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, sees "major hurdles" for the HITECH Act, according to a New England Journal of Medicine article.

Twelve nonprofit healthcare organizations across Colorado will receive $2 million in grants to help them adopt health information technology.

According to a recent survey, the healthcare industry is at least 15 percent behind other industries when it comes to automation.