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By Marshall Allen | 06:39 am | March 05, 2014
The top executive of the country's premier healthcare quality organization is resigning from the boards of two healthcare companies amid questions about the ethics of the relationships.
By Mike Miliard | 06:17 am | March 04, 2014
With two hospitals, 800 physicians and more vendors than you can count on two hands and two feet, Hartford, Conn.-based St. Francis Care has a tall order when it comes to data sharing and care coordination.
By Stephen Burrows | 11:30 am | March 03, 2014
Recent federal mandates for healthcare information technology have increased demand on the field, boosting the need for educated and knowledgeable staff for health IT projects. But we are seeing an influx of students entering these programs who do not have clinical or information technology backgrounds.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:00 am | March 03, 2014
A new UCLA-led study suggests that real-time social media such as Twitter could be used to track HIV and drug related behavior to detect potential outbreaks -- and ultimately, as a tool for prevention efforts.
By Anthony Brino | 11:36 am | February 28, 2014
Leaders from 33 digital health companies in New York are calling on the legislature to fund the Statewide Health Information Network of New York, or SHIN-NY, just as the organization's connecting HIEs and information systems are starting to build a critical mass.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:07 am | February 28, 2014
There will be no delay for ICD-10 conversion. But when CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced Thursday at HIMSS14 that CMS would be flexible on hardship exemptions for meaningful use requirements, it provided some of the relief healthcare providers -- and the professional organizations that represent them -- have been seeking.
By Erin McCann | 07:33 am | February 28, 2014
Black Book Rankings has unveiled its top-ranked EHRs for 2014, scoring vendors across six different client experience categories.
By Mike Miliard | 12:14 pm | February 27, 2014
Too many hospitals depend on outdated and inefficient practices to backup and archive their troves of patient data, according to a study published this week by HIMSS Analytics.
By Erin McCann | 08:51 am | February 27, 2014
Speaking at the HIMSS14 Annual Conference & Exhibition Feb. 26, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton did not disappoint.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:36 am | February 26, 2014
The fifth annual H.I.T. Men & Women Awards Reception celebrated nine trailblazers in healthcare IT, people who through their vision, talent and perseverance are advancing the adoption of health IT, innovation and best practices to improve healthcare.