January 2013

Weekly roundup: Shifts in focus ()
Patients view docs using CDS tools as less capable ()
Survey indicates healthcare hot for hiring ()
The Healing Edge: At the Intersection of Innovative Thinking and HIT ()
Is Innovation the Answer? ()
Innovative Mission At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ()
Evolving Healthcare, Evolving Infrastructure ()
Risk Tool Helps Determine Mobile Network’s Capability to Provide Healthcare Services ()
External Pressures Drive Internal Changes For IT Mandates ()
E-prescribing Honors: Three States Earn Top Marks for Adoption ()
McKesson's subsidiary inks mgmt services deal with Calif. provider ()
States receive grants for health insurance exchange ()
Cigna's latest ACO initiative established in Indianapolis ()
Aetna partners for accountable care in Texas ()
Advances on the federal, state levels ()
Exclusive: Insurance exchange mandate empowers states; more patients challenge hospitals ()
EU coalition to focus on personal data ()
CMS seeks feedback on insurance exchange apps ()
Oncology Finds A Home In Patient-centered Medical Care ()
HIE: An Industry in Its Infancy ()
When It’s Time for a New EHR: The Cooper Clinic Story ()
California takes lead in patient safety efforts ()
A Perfect Storm: IT Innovation in Cardiac Care ()
Critical access hospitals, physicians now eligible for Meaningful Use ()
HL7 forms clinical quality info workgroup ()
Survey: Docs name interoperability, infrastructure barriers to HIE ()
CHIME questions hospitals' readiness for quality reporting ()
Georgia working diligently to expand telemedicine network ()
AHRQ project reduces bloodstream infections in newborns by 58% ()
Viewpoint: Va. bill raises fears, defenses about future of EHRs, HIEs ()
KLAS: CDS tools yet to realize potential ()
Weekly roundup: Final privacy rule, finally ()
RIQI advocates for accelerated Stage 3 standards ()
CMS' quality improvement efforts positively impact hospitalization rates ()
Lost USB drive source of breach for Utah Medicaid patients ()
Packard Children's breach impacts 57K patients ()
Mitchell named new director of AAFP Center for Health IT ()
Privacy a priority for information exchange ()
HIMSS announces award, scholarship recipients ()
New Mexico HIE to move to Orion ()
Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas HIEs connect, exchange Direct messages ()
OR checklists improve adherence to evidence-based guidelines ()
Dollars spent on healthcare deals down in 2012 ()
Exclusive: Privacy rule refocuses on breaches, business associates ()
Congressman releases draft bill on mobile apps privacy, security ()
Survey: Most physician leaders are skeptical at best of online ratings ()
NCQA offers PCMH certification track ()
N.C. hospital to automate cath lab processes into EMR ()
Another group calls for a slow down for Stage 3 ()
Washington University laptop theft affects 1,100 ()
HHS releases final privacy rule ()
Weekly roundup: Advances and setbacks ()
Washington implements pre-operative care guidelines ()
AHIMA appoints new president for 2013 ()
Data liberation an ONC focus moving forward ()
Family physicians lead EHR adoption ()
Testing of security for information exchange planned ()
Telehealth service launched for college students ()
NYC provider organizations enter pay-for-performance arrangement ()
ACP on Stage 3: Let's measure improvements, not just create more measures ()
Automated reporting capabilities remain elusive ()
Data repository improves research quality, quantity at Columbia ()
Numerous obstacles stand in front of full interoperability ()
ONC recognizes new designs for better patient engagement ()
Ohio's HIE continues to expand ()
Frisch receives ACCE-HIMSS excellence award ()
Merger results in Quatris Health ()
Optum, Mayo partner on collaborative R&D lab ()
Closing today! 2013 Health IT survey ()
FCC to award up to $400M for rural telemedicine ()
ONC authorizes four to certify EHRs ()
CHIME on S3: Slow down and evaluate before moving on ()
AMA comments on Stage 3 proposed rule ()
NCI seeks to expand mobile health smoking cessation program ()
Walmart joins Arkansas initiative to transform care delivery ()
CHCF head to step down ()
CCHIT authorized to test, certify EHRs for 2014 ONC program ()
Achieving interoperability key to reducing readmissions ()
VA offers $9 million in prizes for open-source scheduling tools ()
NQF endorses pulmonary and infectious disease measures ()
Weekly roundup: 2013 starts out big ()
106 ACOs join Medicare Shared Savings Program ()
FCC launches Healthcare Connect Fund ()
Boston Children’s launches genomics venture ()
Wireless technology considerations for the future ()
Lackluster EHR adoption, interoperability & usability prevent cost savings ()
Arkansas hospital first to go live with statewide HIE ()
Health info managers turn to third-party resources, automated tools ()
Small practices need help to improve outcomes with EHRs ()
In their infancy, ACOs come in all shapes and sizes ()
HIMSS, CHIME announce 2012 CIO of the year ()
AHRQ proposes tools to improve understanding of value ()
mHealth use will continue widespread proliferation ()
HIE implementations face common, complex challenges ()
athenahealth to buy Epocrates for $293M ()
NextGen, Medline integrate technologies ()
CMS calls for comments on reporting programs ()
KLAS: Epic may have ‘head start’ on patient portal market ()
CMS Innovation Center launches patient-centered medical neighborhood ()
CMS pushes HIPAA compliance enforcement back 90 days ()
HHS collects first settlement over smaller breach ()
TriZetto buys cloud-based claims tech firm ()
Florida Hospital North Pinellas nets HIMSS Stage 7 award ()
Measuring and Managing Quality ()
Federal Agencies Commit to Making CDS Work ()
Innovation in the ED: IT & Engineering Can Improve Efficiency ()
FDA issues warning to Mindray ()
Uncertain Future of Cardiovascular Innovation in U.S. ()
How Well Do You Sleep? ()
ONC issues IT safety plan ()
Adding Mobile Telecomm Vendors To Your List of Technology Partners ()
Empowering Physicians Through Evidence ()
EMR Integration Gives Physicians Holistic View, Improves Patient Care ()
We Don’t Have a Shortage of PCPs, We Have a Shortage of Using Them Efficiently ()
Small hospital suffers big breach ()
FDA offers guidance to manufacturers of home use devices ()
Kentucky Medicaid breach due to computer scam ()
That Time Again… ()
4,000 patients impacted in Michigan data breach ()
GAO reveals pay-for-performance lessons from private initiatives ()
EHR spotlight on interoperability, Meaningful Use, security ()