Data Warehousing

A newly formed clinical data repository project between the American Academy of Family Physicians and Nashville-based Emdeon promises to be much more than just “a data dump,” its key designer says.

Personalized medicine needs a lot more exposition before it comes part of the mainstream, but a group of dedicated professionals is determined to make sure that it arrives as soon as possible.

Healthcare organizations are embracing the need for information transparency to drive clinical transformation, but they are lacking the tools and capabilities to make data available in real-time to make it happen.

A two-day summit in Philadelphia that brought physicians, EHR vendors, pharmaceutical executives and the Food and Drug Administration together shed light on the role of EHRs in drug regulatory and marketing issues.

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

Loss of productivity is the top worry for doctors thinking about switching from paper medical records to electronic ones, according to a new survey by the Medical Group Management Association.

Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) have introduced legislation to make doctors' Medicare claims data public for the first time.

Health plans are stepping up to become key players in forming accountable care organizations.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has issued a health IT strategic plan for 2011 through 2015 for public review.

Department of Health and Human Services officials have launched a new program, developed under the Affordable Care Act, aimed at eliminating medical errors on a national scale.