June 2012

What I've Learned as a Medical Journalist ()
Supreme Court upholds healthcare reform ()
Study: Surgical magnets may affect iPads in the shunt valve settings ()
InTouch robots cleared for high-acuity patient monitoring ()
Alaska Medicaid settles HIPAA security case for $1.7M ()
HIE activity snowballs ()
SSA, Kaiser join forces for EHR HIE ()
HIMSS: Transferable skills valuable in health IT job search ()
HHS calls on Innovation Fellows Program apps ()
EHR Assn: Privacy and security of NwHIN is 'sufficient' ()
Survey: Hospital execs doubt EHR implementation funding ()
JAMA: Medical homes can have higher per-patient costs ()
More than 100K providers surpass 2012 meaningful use goals ()
Cardiac, vascular surgeries fuel increase in acute dialysis ()
NEJM: Take a pill, win a prize? The art of hovering ()
Weekly round-up: News runs the gamut ()
Healthcare IT Connect: Forecast-High of HIE Insights ()
U.S. RECs form their own association ()
Pilot aims to curtail prescription drug abuse through health IT ()
NQF endorses safety measures aimed at cutting complications ()
Carestream displays 3D lesion management as work in progress ()
Healthcare IT Connect: How to use data to enhance patient/doc relations ()
Healthcare IT Connect: Know your audience when using social media ()
Report: Healthcare telecom, IT to grow faster than healthcare over next five years ()
Healthcare IT Connect: Cloud computing finds home with state HIEs ()
IHE seeks comments on Mobile Access to Health Documents ()
Meaningful use, HIE forcing interoperability ()
CMS: eRx, PQRS use climbing in recent years ()
Geisinger, Merck collaborate for patient adherence ()
Report: EHR use prevalent, but few Calif. docs have optimized ()
JAMIA: Survey results suggest strong CPOE showing ()
CSC adds ICD-10 end-to-end testing to product line ()
Study: Regulatory climate a primary determinant of med device makers market decisions ()
Radiology: A little training goes a long way in aiding appendicitis diagnosis on MRI ()
Provider, payor ally to drive accountable care into central Pa. ()
KLAS: Fujifilm tops Toshiba for 2012 best in show honors ()
RBMA names new board members, officers ()
Markets, framework launch, tablet thoughts ()
NEJM: Release your inner health IT productivity ()
Study: HIE use curbs unnecessary head CTs in the ED ()
NEJM: Don't be tied down by EHR vendors ()
Researchers eye non-gadolinium MRI contrast agent ()
HIMSS: Whole lotta state health IT activity going on ()
Share your feedback on CMIO ()
Introducing quantitative imaging ()
SNMMI: GE rolls out mid-tier SPECT/CT scanner ()
Health Affairs: U.S. healthcare spending to grow 5.7% yearly through 2021 ()
JAMA: Advanced imaging use surged since mid-'90s, even in HMOs ()
Report: Mobile medical apps market hit $150M in 2011 ()
Catholic Health chooses Orion Health for HIE ()
Fluke launches new patient monitor testing tool ()
Insight Imaging, Center for Diagnostic Imaging to merge ()
SIIM: Is MU Stage 2 a win for radiology? ()
MedAxiom: Remote monitoring improves care, revenue ()
Leapfrog grades hospitals for safety, deflects criticisms ()
JAMIA: End-user experience a must for bar-code med admin usage ()
This week: Staffing, data, AAMI ()
AAMI: When it comes to EMR integration, getting there is half the fun ()
Agfa selects Dell for cloud services ()
SIIM: Can social media prevent a $34M loss? And build physician HIT buy-in? ()
JAMA: Who will build ACOs? ()
VA grants Harris $19M to create wireless network ()
N.Y. RHIOs, HIEs connect to share patient info ()
11 providers to share data on 1.1M patients for diabetes registry ()
AAMI: Heart hospital goes mobile for patient monitoring ()
M*Modal creates CMIO role ()
GE buys Brazilian interventional x-ray company ()
AAMI: Alarm management survey shows little progress in last six years ()
Health Affairs: N.M. system sees 19% savings with home health ()
AAMI: Scan horizon for future technology servicesand observe rise of HTMs star ()
PACSGear dives further into cloud-based image sharing ()
Black Book: Expect big HIE market growth by 2014 ()
Partners' EHR switch leads to Q2 income drop ()
AIM: Risk score predicts HF patients in need of hospitalization ()
AHIMA: Expect widespread effects of ICD-10 delay ()
PwC: Healthcare spending growth slow for 4th year ()
AAMI: Groom next-gen CE leaders now or lament lost opportunities later ()
AAMI: In defense of the in-house wireless test lab for devices ()
AAMI: Survey says? Find out how your CE dept is serving your customers ()
Maine HIE to launch statewide medical image archive ()
Best Practices Awards: Big winner from the smallest state ()
Mach 7, Logicalis to offer cloud-based image management ()
CSC, NextGate merge master patient index ()