Government & Policy
Sixty-five hospitals have earned the Leapfrog Group's annual "Top Hospital" designation, equaling 2010's record-setting total. The designation, which Leapfrog bills as the most competitive national hospital quality award in the country, recognizes quality of care.
The healthcare industry lags when it comes to protecting sensitive personal information, even as medical records are worth orders of magnitude more than other types data. A wake-up call could be in the offing.
Donald Berwick, MD, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services steps down Dec. 2 after 15 months on the job. He is known as a champion of healthcare information technology and patient-centered care.
The journey to outcomes-focused personalized care demands infrastructure for data collection, integration and transformation. Here are four tenets to help health IT pros evaluate solutions.
Regional extension center M-CEITA is 'working diligently to help providers reach meaningful use.' Here's how they're doing it.
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has signed up 30,776 veterans so far to participate in pilots around the country for the virtual lifetime electronic record (VLER) program. VA CIO Roger Baker discusses VLER and the other initiatives that make it tick.
With more than 30,000 veterans already on board, the VA is evaluating whether to expand nationwide in 2012 VLER health information exchange between VA, DOD and private providers, VA CIO says.
At RSNA 2011 on Monday, radiologists and imaging professionals from across the country and around the world prepped themselves to make the most of a fast-changing healthcare landscape -- one in which health IT will play an increasing and pivotal role.
Dave Roberts, HIMSS vice president of government relations, on what the supercommittee's failure to pass deficit reduction legislation might mean over the long-term.
After a political impasse, in which Republicans effectively blocked his Senate confirmation, Donald Berwick, MD, will step down next week as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. President Obama has nominated CMS principal deputy Marilynn Tavenner as Berwick's replacement.