Interoperability
Military healthcare provider will help fortify Fusionfx HIE platform
The ease with which IBM’s Watson computer dispatched its human opponents on Jeopardy! this past February was something to behold.
Parody project becomes sly marketing campaign for two IT vendors
HealthPoint, a network of 12 not-for-profit clinics in suburban Seattle, has reaped significant cost savings by consolidating IT that had been spread throughout seven of the network's facilities.
Patient Centered Medical Home initiative follows patient home
While lawmakers in Washington continue to duke it out over the federal budget, many experts are saying the $27 billion allotted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to reward providers for healthcare IT adoption should be secure, mainly because healthcare IT has bipartisan support.
David Blumenthal, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology, announced his departure from the ONC just 17 days before the HIMSS11 conference began on Feb. 19 in Orlando, Fla. Blumenthal came onboard just two weeks prior to HIMSS09.
The cloud, social networking are key
As the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Beacon Communities focus on using IT to improve the quality and efficiency of care, they also have a rare opportunity to spur regional economic growth by making use of private-sector systems and technology.
Salaries jump 30 percent in six years