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February 2011

Feature: Service line dashboards help identify missed targets (02/15/2011)

Utilization of Health IT to Improve Veterans Health and Benefits Services (02/15/2011)

Study: Hospital budgets expanding due to IT reform (02/15/2011)

ISC: Home-based therapy equal to treadmill training for stroke patients (02/15/2011)

Perspective: It's the perfect storm for health IT in underserved populations (02/14/2011)

GAO says no to contract protests (02/14/2011)

athenaClinicals EHR recognized by W. Va. program (02/14/2011)

Chicago health system to deploy eClinicalWorks EHR suite (02/14/2011)

Radiology: MR + mammo best for women with rad therapy history (02/14/2011)

CCI: DES best BMS for CTO revascularization (02/14/2011)

Study: PHI breaches affect 6 million Americans since HITECH (02/14/2011)

HHS debuts quality indicator data portal (02/14/2011)

HIMSS: Carestream to highlight cloud-based PACS, enterprise archive (02/14/2011)

FDA clears breast tomo (02/12/2011)

Black Book poll names best EMRs (02/11/2011)

Pa. health system to go live on GE HIE (02/11/2011)

Mirth selected for Florida statewide HIE (02/11/2011)

IHE: Forcare demonstrates user access, document-sharing profiles (02/11/2011)

St. Anthony's enlists REACH3 for CRM (02/11/2011)

ONC Standards & Interoperability Framework: Youre (still) invited (02/11/2011)

HIMSS Preview: EMR/EHR, CDS and HIE (02/11/2011)

EHR certification update 2.11.11 (02/11/2011)

N.J. hospital signs on with Webmedx (02/11/2011)

CMS debuts listserv for EHR incentive programs (02/11/2011)

Centura names Co-CMIOs (02/11/2011)

HIE Chronicles Part II: Building a better system (02/11/2011)

Study: MRI weaves clearer picture of Alzheimers (02/10/2011)

ISC: MRI may help decide therapy in unclear-onset stroke patients (02/10/2011)

Ohio med center chooses Wolters Kluwer cardio documentation software (02/10/2011)

GE Foundation awards $500K to two health centers in Pa. (02/10/2011)

CAP taps Wagner (02/10/2011)

Infoway invests $380 million in EMRs (02/10/2011)

Study: RFID dramatically reduces retention of surgical sponges (02/10/2011)

McKesson aligns with Regional Extension Centers (02/10/2011)

Florida group opts for McKesson billing services (02/10/2011)

Healthcare reform could be good for advanced imaging (02/09/2011)

Florida practice purchases Carestream DRX-Evolution suite (02/09/2011)

Coriell: Patient genome info to be included in EMRs (02/09/2011)

Wash. HIE drafts Axolotl image exchange service (02/09/2011)

PeaceHealth signs systems deal with Sysmex (02/09/2011)

Ascension, Healthagen offer iTriage (02/09/2011)

Rise in smartphone use could signal the end of med devices industry (02/09/2011)

2011 CMIO Compensation Survey: The results are in! (02/09/2011)

RECs to get more EHR funds for critical access, rural hospitals (02/09/2011)

ONC awards contracts to track EHR progress (02/08/2011)

FDA clears smartphone-based ultrasound (02/08/2011)

Welch Allyn, Masimo integrate (02/08/2011)

Midwestern system signs Medicity for HIE (02/08/2011)

Covidien books strong Q1 (02/08/2011)

JACC: CRT-D therapy works twice as well in women (02/08/2011)

VA awards industry innovators with health IT projects (02/08/2011)

Harris: Thin majority of public supports healthcare reform (02/08/2011)

Kalorama: Tomorrow's labs need powerful IT today (02/08/2011)

Markle: Physicians, public have similar hopes for health IT (02/08/2011)

WellDoc acquires, renames Oncology Care Home Health Specialists (02/08/2011)

Danaher to buy Beckman Coulter for $6.8M (02/08/2011)

StealthWatch 6.0 unveiled (02/07/2011)

Establishment of the Military Health System EHR Center (02/07/2011)

HIT: Hospitals must focus on value not volume, the ACO can help (02/07/2011)

General Dynamics, McKesson join forces for military EHR (02/07/2011)

HIE Chronicles: One State, One HIE, One Flood (02/05/2011)

HIT: Comparative effectiveness research may be beneficial, but not straightforward (02/05/2011)

NEJM: Johns Hopkins offers advice on ACO model (02/04/2011)

MobileMD brings HIE to Conn. hospital (02/04/2011)

Florida med facility to install athenaCollector (02/04/2011)

AT&T taps Acuo for cloud-based imaging storage (02/04/2011)

Health Language standardizes terminology for Orion's HIE (02/04/2011)

EHR certification update 2.4.11 (02/04/2011)

A tough act to follow (02/04/2011)

Blumenthal to step down (02/04/2011)

CMS selects appropriate use demonstration participants (02/03/2011)

GAO: VA, DoD must unite health IT visions (02/03/2011)

NEJM: Healthcare reform needs work before 2014 (02/03/2011)

eMix, VMware form alliance (02/03/2011)

KLAS: Surgery tools making the healthcare cut (02/03/2011)

Senate votes down healthcare reform repeal effort (02/03/2011)

Two state HIE pilot programs take flight (02/03/2011)

HIMSS names IT Leadership Award winners (02/03/2011)

2011 CMIO Compensation Survey: High Job Satisfaction, More Money (02/02/2011)

From the Editor: Building on Success (02/02/2011)

HIMSS11: Linking People, Potential and Progress (02/02/2011)

Five HIEs to Watch (02/02/2011)

The AMDIS Connection: EHR Adoption? This Looks Like a Job for Super-users (02/02/2011)

NEJM: Integrated smart growth needed for Medicaid expansion (02/02/2011)

MDBlackBox offers free EMR suite (02/02/2011)

N.Y. Governor proposes $2.85B cut in Medicaid spending (02/02/2011)

BMJ: Michigan ICU initiative reduces healthcare-associated risks (02/02/2011)

Florida network moves toward ACO model with MDI software (02/02/2011)

New Mexico Software launches PACS for Android (02/02/2011)

Federal gov't: Reform ruling 'outside of the mainstream' (02/02/2011)

API releases new workplace management tech (02/01/2011)

Healthcare of Today to acquire Indiana health system (02/01/2011)

Watson named Streamline Health prez, CEO (02/01/2011)

Kaiser Permanente opens medical center on Capitol Hill (02/01/2011)

Univ. of Iowa Hospital discloses potential data breach (02/01/2011)

Drayer to head RSNA board (02/01/2011)

JACR: Not-so-hidden teleradiology dangers exposed (02/01/2011)

DoJ files suit against Guidant, Bos Sci for selling defective ICDs (02/01/2011)

Florida judge deems healthcare reform unconstitutional (02/01/2011)

New NCQA standards take patient-centered medical home to next level (02/01/2011)

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