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By Diana Manos | 02:21 pm | December 01, 2010
In 2010, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology granted more than $250 million to 17 "beacon communities" nationwide that exemplify the positive impact of healthcare IT on population health.
By Molly Merrill | 02:19 pm | December 01, 2010
In the year 2010 doctors should be looking at technologies that could help boost their communication with their patients, experts told Healthcare IT News in January.
By Bernie Monegain | 02:17 pm | December 01, 2010
In July, Hospital CIOs across the country reviewed the final rule on meaningful use of health IT with some relief that the government had given up its all-or-nothing approach.
By Healthcare IT News | 02:14 pm | December 01, 2010
Federal officials released the final rule on meaningful use July 13 - setting the criteria for physicians and hospitals to qualify for thousands of dollars in stimulus funding incentives for the adoption of electronic health records.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:48 pm | December 01, 2010
Because he thinks in stories, Atul Gawande - surgeon, author, professor - started his recent lecture about the costs and failures of the country's healthcare system with a story about a middle-aged car mechanic in Alabama.
By Mike Miliard | 11:43 am | December 01, 2010
IBM and American Well announced Wednesday an expanded partnership to further embed security into the latter's online care system in an effort to further safeguard patient information that is collected and exchanged as part of live Web-based consultations with healthcare providers.
By Patty Enrado | 11:05 am | December 01, 2010
The Wisconsin Health Information Organization is working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to release CMS' Medicare data and add the information to its WHIO Health Analytics Exchange, according to executive director Julie Bartels.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:47 pm | November 30, 2010
A specialized imaging technique called magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) may help diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disorder caused by repetitive head trauma that today can only be definitively diagnosed at autopsy, according to a study presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
By Mary Mosquera | 08:20 pm | November 30, 2010
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) has unveiled the first version of the software that will allow simple information exchange between providers, a crucial enabler for the first stage of meaningful use of electronic health records.
By Molly Merrill | 02:10 pm | November 30, 2010
Colorado Technical University (CTU) announced the launch of two new programs that are available online: an Associate of Science in Health Administration Services (ASHAS) and a Master of Science in Management (MSM) with a concentration in enterprise information systems.