The Charleston-based West Virginia Health Information Network has launched two new pilots for its statewide health information exchange, according to a Government Health IT report.
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Hospital executives shared what they learned during their meaningful use stage one experience as well as critical success factors in a white paper by CareTech Solutions, a hospital and healthcare IT services company.
ONC has announced its fourth video challenge, asking patients and/or healthcare providers to create videos on how health information technology aids medication management.
Jeffrey Guy, MD, orthopedic surgeon at USC Sports Medicine, performed knee surgery on the university's basketball guard Tina Roy, according to a Gamecocks report.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston recently notified patients that a USB thumb drive with patient information was lost by an employee on an MD Anderson employee shuttle bus.
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CMS has released the final requirements that hospitals and healthcare providers must meet to quality for incentives during stage 2 of the electronic health record incentive program.
This article was written by Richard Peters, senior director of surgery services at Provista, LLC, a leading supply chain improvement company.
Ambulatory surgery centers must constantly battle against economic tides, coupled with lower reimbursement rates and more competition from hospitals recruiting surgeons. Despite the introduction of significant financial obstacles to the industry, however, surgery centers can remain profitable. Two professionals in…
Steven Stoller, MD, an orthopedic specialist at American Orthopedic & Sports Medicine in Englewood, N.J., has performed shoulder surgery on professional boxer Kendall Holt, according to a Boxing Scene report.
Many healthcare organizations and state governments are trying to begin and maintain health information exchanges because HIEs enable patient information to freely flow across the healthcare continuum. The interoperability that HIEs offer may lead the healthcare industry to achieve preventative…