A new survey from the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) on IDC-10 preparations finds a disturbing lack of industry progress during the past year.

Accreditation firm URAC is seeking public comment on standards and measures for a new accreditation program being developed for accountable care organizations.

From breaches to the long list of issues discussed by the federal HIT Policy Committee, a lot happened in the health IT arena this week. Here's what you need to know.

Discharge practices are “woefully inadequate” and need a makeover in the form of better predictive modeling, in particular as providers transition to an ACO model, said Julie Meek, PhD, clinical associate professor, school of nursing at Indiana University, at the Medical Informatics World Conference on April 8.

The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT requested an increase of $16.7 million above its fiscal year 2012 enacted level. The $77.9 million requested for fiscal year 2014 includes $20.6 million in budget authority, $56.3 million in public health service evaluation funds and $ million in certified EHR technology fees to support program activities.

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2013 -- The Health Coalition on Liability and Access today endorsed legislation introduced in the House of Representatives that will curb medical lawsuit abuse and help ensure continued patient access to care.The Standard of Care Protection Act (H.R. 1473), a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA) and Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX), is the first piece of legislation in the House of Representatives in the 113th Congress to address our nation's broken liability system.  It ensures that no provisions of federal health care law may be inappropriately used to create new threats for medical liability litigation in the United States.

BOSTON—The global healthcare ecosystem sees about $2 trillion in waste per year, said Heather Fraser, global life science and healthcare lead at the IBM Institute for Business Value, speaking at the Medical Informatics World Conference on April 9.

President Obama’s budget for the Department of Health & Human Services for fiscal year 2014 focuses on improving patient safety, building understanding and treatment of mental health problems, advancing scientific knowledge, examining new models for care and payment and contributing to a reduction of the nation’s debt.