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Robust healthcare IT systems able to classify treatments based on an individual patient's profile are vital for payers to properly manage value-based benefits, according to Mark Fendrick, co-director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design.

eHealth, the parent company of eHealthInsurance, has launched a new business unit, eHealth Government Systems, which will focus on the technology solutions required for new government-run health insurance exchanges.

As if they weren’t preoccupied enough with electronic health records, meaningful use and interoperability, hospital IT staff must also contend with the upcoming switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding in October 2013.

Hiring in the information technology field – particularly in the healthcare industry – will see an increase in the first quarter, according to the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report.

Following the November mid-term elections, experts say healthcare IT is so heavily favored by both parties that it will continue to have support from lawmakers.

The use of mobile technology in healthcare is advancing at speeds that only a short time ago could not be imagined, experts say.

More than 200 million mHealth applications are in use today, and that number is expected to increase threefold by 2012, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.

With the ringing in of 2011, healthcare IT has a tall order to fill: Interoperability.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched a new Innovation Center to oversee and coordinate pilot projects focused on increasing quality and lowering the costs of healthcare.

Registration for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health records incentive programs opened Jan. 3, Eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must use certified EHR technology to be eligible. The government has identified five Authorized Certification and Testing Bodies, or ACTBs.