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The biggest challenge in healthcare delivery is the fragmentation of the system and the clinical information gaps that result, according to Susan DeVore, president and CEO of the Premier healthcare alliance.
In his inaugural appearance at HIMSS10, David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health information technology, reiterated his support for healthcare IT, calling information the "lifeblood of medicine."
In a keynote, national coordinator lays out goals for a plan that has no precedent 'in the history of healthcare.'
Federal Health Architecture community shows off the fruits of a year's work on Nationwide Health Information Network.
In the Office of the National Coordinator's new plan for EHR certification, not all certifiers will be created equal.
Five grantee teams have been selected as part of Project HealthDesign's national program that explores how personal health records can be used to capture and integrate patient-recorded observations of daily living (ODL) into clinical care.
Verizon Business launched a new platform Wednesday at HIMSS that will allow more than 350,000 physicians to digitally share patient notes by the end of the summer.
At the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase, the Federal Health Architecture (FHA) exhibited 40 kiosks of 23 scenarios involving 60 organizations, increasing its presence times eight.
Social media and evolving business models have completely changed job recruitment, and getting the best healthcare IT talent in the 21st century will require employers to adapt to a completely new talent landscape, said Dan DeMaioNewton, director of strategy and business development at Monster Worldwide, in a session Tuesday at HIMSS.
Surescripts report shows government incentive programs spur adoption, though others like Medicaid and DEA regulations, slow it.