The inception of national incident reporting systems in other medical specialties and high-risk industries has produced demonstrable improvements in safety, and radiology could realize similar benefits if the profession implemented such a system. However, medical imaging lags behind in adoption of a national system, according the authors of an article published in the May issue of Journal of American College of Radiology.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has submitted its comments on the proposed rules for Stage 2 meaningful use, calling for more time to allow healthcare organizations to better prepare.

Physicians and hospitals that treat adults with heart failure (HF) have a new set of performance measures to help improve the quality of care for their patients. In an interview, writing committee co-chair Robert O. Bonow, MD, discussed key changes in the measures, including efforts to minimize the reporting burden and maximize the use of EHRs.

The National Quality Forum's (NQF) board of directors has endorsed two measures that address all-cause unplanned readmissions in hospitals.

Cambashi, an IT and production consultancy firm with corporate offices in the U.K. and U.S., is asking medical device manufacturers around the world to complete an online survey. The firm hopes the results will help point the way to more nimble production of safe and effective products in highly regulated environments.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has corrected the Stage 2 meaningful use Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

Thomson Reuters released its 100 Top Hospitals report April 16, using "objective research and independent public data to recognize the best U.S. hospitals."

Now that 27 Medicare Shared Savings Program participants have been announced, bloggers for Health Affairs examined the state of accountable care organizations (ACOs). Turns out, the fun is just getting started.