Ultrasound has been shown to be reliable in diagnosing hip dysplasia in five-to-seven-month old infants and offers an alternative to x-ray in screening for the condition, according to research presented Feb. 9 at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in San Francisco.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, asking her why the agency accessed an alleged whistleblowers emails in an instance that appears to be an act of retribution.

Meaningful use will be a huge topic at this years Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Convention & Exhibition. Its been 10 months since hospitals could begin the attestation process of the EHR Incentive Program. That means there will be numerous sessions all about meaningful use led by people from hospitals that have gone through the process and can share their lessons learned.

Organizations pursuing meaningful use incentive dollars must meet a myriad of requirements including the security risk analysis. This session covers a framework for conducting yearly security risk analysis/assessments.

Learn how UMass Memorial developed a comprehensive MU EP strategy and attestation project plan for a physician-centric community and transitioned practices to workflows focused on data entry and collection.

This presentation discusses a framework for managing incentive payments by states participating in the EHR Incentive program while also considering the groundwork for measuring meaningful use demonstrated by their providers.

Though their meaningful use attesting schedules differ, two large hospital networks leverage the emergency EHR to integrate with inpatient systems as an easier strategy to drive compliance and data integration.

Learn how seven Tenet hospitals deployed a certified EHR, attested within 90 days, and leveraged data, tools, and governance to drive process improvement while focusing on Stage 2 and beyond.