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By Diana Manos | 02:55 pm | July 19, 2011
Jonathan Blum, deputy administrator and director for the Center of Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says doctors see the inefficiencies in healthcare today and are eager to try accountable care organizations.
By Mike Miliard | 01:51 pm | July 19, 2011
LodgeNet Interactive Corporation, which provides video-on-demand, broadband Internet and satellite TV to the hospitality and healthcare industries, announced Tuesday that it has reorganized its LodgeNet Healthcare group as an independent but wholly-owned subsidiary.
By Kate Spies | 06:02 pm | July 18, 2011
With its recent release of new hospital hardware and software, JAOtech believes hospital patients and staff will have higher-quality access to the Internet, electronic medical records, and an array of education and entertainment tools.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:12 am | July 18, 2011
Two recent reports paint a rosy picture for the use of telemedicine in children's hospitals, both as a way of connecting specialists with patients and giving kids a link to their parents or other patients.
By Tom Sullivan | 11:00 am | July 18, 2011
Forrester and IDC cloud computing analysts see the momentum continuing, regardless of who replaces Vivek Kundra as the Federal CIO.
By Molly Merrill | 10:48 am | July 18, 2011
Johns Hopkins Medicine is looking to fill a variety of "strategic positions" as it prepares to implement EHR modules from Verona, Wis.-based Epic across its ambulatory system over the next 18 months.
By Molly Merrill | 11:16 am | July 15, 2011
Four congressmen introduce legislation to ensure that multi-campus hospital systems are treated fairly under federal rules.
By Molly Merrill | 05:16 pm | July 14, 2011
Legislation was introduced this week by four congressmen seeking to ensure that multi-campus hospitals receive their health IT incentives fairly.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:28 am | July 14, 2011
The Cambridge, Mass.-based online physician network has introduced a platform that enables physicians to seek medical advice in real-time, through their smartphones, and includes the ability to download a photograph.
By Diana Manos | 11:53 am | July 13, 2011
The federal Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model that was announced last May is asking too much of providers, too soon, according to Brian Yeaman, chief medical information officer of Oklahoma-based Normal Regional Health System.