The Adirondack Regional Community Health Information Exchange is joining forces with the Health Information Xchange of New York.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and Health 2.0 have opened a contest for developers who best use popHealth, an open-source reference implementation software that automates the reporting of meaningful use quality measures.

Medical device interoperability is a goal for many organizations as they implement their EMRs, but the actual challenges associated with integrating patient-care devices vary depending on the type of device and what it reports. In an Oct. 12 webinar hosted by Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based ECRI Institute, experts explained common difficulties associated with integrating physiologic monitors, vital signs monitors and infusion pumps.

While organizations are planning for the mandatory transition to the ICD-10 code set, many have wondered what the financial implications will be. Now, they may be wishing that they were still wondering about financial implications after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) estimated that the total costs associated with the ICD-10 conversion may reach $640 million in 2013 alone. These estimates were presented during a HIMSS Virtual Briefing Oct. 12.

While Meditech has the largest EMR market share of any healthcare software vendor in the U.S., some clients are questioning v.6 go-lives, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.

Policy and administrative actions are needed to strengthen the incentives for partnerships among public health agencies and healthcare systems, according to an article published in this month's Health Affairs.

While a majority of businesses are evaluating cloud computing, few have implemented the technology, according to the results from Symantecs 2011 State of Cloud Survey.

SALT LAKE CITYManaging information in the 21st century and outlining how hospitals can gear up to make the transition to ICD-10 codes was the keynote address presented Oct. 4 at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) conference by T. Bedirhan Ustun, MD, PhD, team coordinator of classification, terminology and standards in the department of health statistics at the World Health Organization (WHO).