Colorado's Regional Health Information Organization and Regional Extension Center have selected BridgeFront's learning management system to assist members in meeting meaningful use criteria via e-learning.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) intends to identify barriers for Medicaid participants to meet meaningful use EHR requirements to qualify for incentive payments.

Six states have joined Florida's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

During the next five years, 65 percent of doctors believe the quality of healthcare will deteriorate, according to a survey of 2,958 doctors released by technology company Thomson Reuters and practice management company HCPlexus.

A  non-partisan advisory committee charged with mapping Pennsylvania's implementation of national healthcare reform calls for a consumer-oriented health insurance exchange, clear access and enrollment information, and measures that help the state's healthcare system accommodate the newly insured. 

Healthcare reform should be able to bridge the gap between the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and Medicare coverage for those services, according to a study published in the January/February issue of Annals of Family Medicine.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Life Sciences IT (LSIT) Global Institute have joined forces to provide education, resources and tools to the life sciences community including research, medical devices, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostics.

As the government and private payors crack down on imaging utilization and reimbursement, innovation will likely stumble, heightening the need for radiologists to do what little they can to sustain patient outcomesmainly by emphasis on quality standards, argues the author of an opinion column published in the January edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.