August 2011

Spine Wave green-lights on new spinal implant ()
JAMIA: EHR vendors need to keep up with practice upgrades ()
HHS awards $40M to public health efforts ()
EHR Association discourages proposal to report patient-level data ()
Provider error accounts for most monitor-related deaths in Pa. ()
2012 IHE Connectathon registration opens ()
Berkeley law profs raise questions on formation of ACOs ()
Radiology: Quantitative 3D MR aids diagnosis of kidney transplant dysfunction ()
NEJM: Data should be put to public health work ()
GAO: CMS should tighten up integrity program goals ()
Business case for payor-supported HIEs ()
Hong Kong hospital taps GE for PET/CT + MR ()
ANSI selects AHIMA to assist with informatics standards ()
JCO: MRI may predict rectal cancer survival ()
Hospital Employment: What Hospitals and Physicians Should Know ()
Clinical Integration: Benefits and Pitfalls ()
The New Hospital-Physician Alignment: Preparing for a Value-Based Future ()
AHIMA, ACMCS co-host clinical coding assembly ()
Philips debuts wearable monitor ()
NCQA to launch ACO accreditation program ()
Ky. VA breach affects 1,900 ()
AFrame nets NIH grant for remote monitoring of elderly falls ()
Radiology: CT lung screening can detect unsuspected malignancies ()
JAMA: Patients admitted to hospital are more likely to discontinue meds ()
ACR clarifies Joint Commission's alert on imaging ()
Study: Two-hour delay in OR increases costs by 39% ()
ANSI crowned accreditor for ONC program ()
ONC seeks comments on health IT strategic plan ()
Court denies MeridianEMR's injunction suit against Intuitive Medical ()
HHS awards $137M for IT-supported public health ()
HHS tightens rules on financial conflicts of interest ()
ASHE: Green strategies key to energy savings ()
Texas provider names regional medical informatics officer ()
Personal Health Records at the Crossroads ()
From the Editor: With an Extended Hand, 'Nice to Meet You' ()
R.I. Spreads its HIE Wings ()
CMIO Roundtable: Bridging Data & Quality ()
Physicians & Smartphones: The Story Behind the Numbers ()
AJMQ: Patient safety programs work ()
AR: Comparative effectiveness raging for diagnostic evidence ()
The AMDIS Connection: A Banner Year, with Course Corrections ()
3D OCT shows promise for cancer screening ()
KLAS: Business intelligence acceptance on the rise ()
Two Minnesota collaboratives align for combined HIE ()
AR: The $1.1B, double-edged sword of comparative effectiveness ()
Joint Commission urges vigilance in radiation-based imaging ()
Report: Hospitals gradually increasing IT operations budget ()
JDI: Patient verification should be part of image exchange process ()
Joint Commission makes permanent Paula Wilson's presidencies ()
HIMSS EHR Association elects leaders to tackle industry challenges ()
Houston health system creates HIE ()
Q&A: Parkland's Medicare crisis through the eyes of its clinical engineer chief ()
AJR: Low-dose CT protocol feasible for lung nodule surveillance ()
GE selects Clerity as systems integration partner ()
9 states, D.C. defend healthcare reform's constitutionality ()
FDA clears DePuy fixed-bearing knee surgical system ()
HIE market: Take a deep breath ()
300K exposed in California data breach ()
GE cuts ribbon on Centricity Business 5.0 ()
meridianEMR sues UroChart over data security ()
FDA clears NEC monitor ()
Conference considers effect of reform on clinical engineering ()
JAMA: NLP strikes admin advantages ()
J-Co recognizes first medical home ()
Surgical IT AIMS to Transform OR Care ()
FDA outlines regulatory science strategic plan ()
KLAS: Providers favor GE's PET/CT slightly more ()
JAMIA: High alert overrides, low adherence hinder CDS success ()
Australia to build personal e-health system ()
R.I. EHR nonprofit donates services to Mass. collaborative ()
Johns Hopkins advocates for biomed curriculum changes ()
Proving your worth ()
Study: Five solutions to patient safety change initiatives ()
Nuance updates Dragon Medical portfolio ()
Study: Telemedicine cuts down on patient travel time ()
Lost USB causes 500 breach notifications in Delaware ()
White House pumps money into rural health jobs ()
Study: Biochemical MRI can detect early osteoarthritis ()
JAMIA: Creative solutions needed to overcome NLP barriers ()
Methodist tests Philips imaging suite for epidemic, bioterrorism ()
ACOs: Interoperability-dependent ()
General Dynamics delves further into health IT with $960M buy ()
AEM: Urban EDs 14x more likely to adopt CPOE ()
Conflicting reform decisions further confuse constitutionality ()
AMGA: 70% of specialists see small bump in 2010 salaries ()
Radiology: Enhanced MRI may improve breast cancer diagnosis ()
Cleveland Clinic spinoff to develop umbilical cord stem cell tool ()
U.K. updates HF guidelines: NICE, but are they enough? ()
AHRA: Healthcare reform squeezes radiology ()
Radiology: MRI links pericardial fat with atherosclerotic plaque ()
CEO of biomedical testing company resigns abruptly ()
Obama Administration begins insurance exchange roll-out ()
AIM: Clinical methods, not CT, most valuable in ED ()
Rep. Ellmers requests HHS study health IT, medical errors ()
Robert Wood Johnson responds to CMS' performance data reporting ()
JAMA: Healthcare reform doesn't address care inequities ()
GE, Concord Medical ink partnership in China ()
Clinical alarm survey in the works ()
Kansas becomes second state to reject HHS' IT award ()
KLAS: Providers seek more integration with pharma automation ()