Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
The American Medical Association and 91 state and specialty medical societies have submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expressing concern over the proposed changes to the electronic prescribing penalty program.
John Halamka, MD, chief information officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, announced last week that he will be "passing the baton" as CIO of Harvard Medical School to a "new IT leader."
athenahealth announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Proxsys, a Birmingham, Ala.-based provider of cloud-based care coordination services between physicians and hospitals.
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Tuesday that it is offering a $50,000 prize to the first team that builds a personal health record using the Blue Button download format – and arranges to install the PHR on the websites of 25,000 physicians across America.
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.
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.
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.
Legislation was introduced this week by four congressmen seeking to ensure that multi-campus hospitals receive their health IT incentives fairly.
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.
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.