Two professional associations have partnered to create a resource kit that addresses healthcare organizations' need for quality assurance programs.

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Tonic Health today announced that it has been selected by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to provide an iPad- and web-based patient data collection platform. By leveraging Tonic Health’s innovative and easy-to-use data collection platform, Wake Forest Baptist can more effectively register, screen and manage their patient populations over time.

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has launched an Open Data Portal to provide user-friendly access to publicly available information for researchers, clinicians, developers and the public.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced the release of the Quality Data Model 4.1.

The final rule that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for inpatient stays at general acute care and long-term care hospitals includes improvements in the quality of care that limit payment for hospital-acquired conditions and readmissions.

Backing up the final rule cementing Oct. 1, 2015, as the new implementation date for ICD-10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has outlined a "comprehensive four-pronged approach" to help providers prepare.

An article in the new issue of the Journal of AHIMA aims to dispel several misconceptions regarding ICD-10.

According to the office of U.S. Senator Charles E. Shumer (D-NY), the $1.13 billion in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance funding for Sandy repair work and mitigation projects at New York University’s (NYU) Langone Medical Center is the second-largest Project Worksheet in FEMA’s history.