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By Healthcare IT News | 11:36 am | May 28, 2015
If you think your hospital IT department is one of the best in the U.S., nominate it for Healthcare IT News' 5th Annual BEST Hospital IT Departments program.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:05 am | May 28, 2015
CHIME, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, says the requirements for Stage 3 meaningful use are over the top, and its executives proposed several changes.
By Erin McCann | 10:42 am | May 28, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has paid out more than $30 billion in EHR incentive payments to hospitals and providers who have attested to meaningful use as of March 2015. Which platforms were used for attestation? We have some helpful charts that break it down for you.
By Cari McLean | 10:05 am | May 28, 2015
A snapshot of what rose to the top of the social media buzz at the record-breaking HIMSS conference.
By Erin McCann | 12:02 pm | May 27, 2015
A two-hospital health system in Indiana is notifying its patients that their protected health information and Social Security numbers have been compromised following a phishing attack. What's more, cyberattackers were able to swipe data unchecked for more than a year.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:55 am | May 27, 2015
In what the government describes as the largest research grant ever from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today awards of $112 million to improve heart health across the country.
By Erin McCann | 11:28 am | May 27, 2015
Two members of Congress are proposing a bill that would eliminate even more barriers for veterans receiving telemedicine care.
By Tom Sullivan | 10:41 am | May 27, 2015
Could chronic care management be the new meaningful use? Some entrepreneurs see even greater financial incentives on the immediate horizon.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:09 pm | May 26, 2015
Artist Regina Holliday is the subject of a USA Today article on her artistic advocacy on behalf of patient rights.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:32 am | May 26, 2015
Oncology focused health IT companies Varian Medical Systems and Flatiron Health have forged an alliance aimed at eradicating cancer sooner rather than later.