Seventeen percent of this years CMIO Compensation Survey respondents earn a salary of $300,000 or more. Here is a closer look at said group.

Many providers are skeptical of the growing trend among patients to rate healthcare experiences via web-based rating sites, but recognizing patients desires to provide feedback, the British National Health Service established a website that allows patients to rate care using metrics meaningful to providers and it has produced promising results, according to research published Feb. 13 by the Archives of Internal Medicine.

An article published in the February issue of Health Affairs, "Colorados Health Insurance Exchange: How One State Has So Far Forged A Bipartisan Path Through The Partisan Wilderness," details the western states experience.

The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) has come up with a set of principles on tax reform that, if enacted, would create jobs, grow the economy, develop new cures and treatments and help ensure Americas global leadership in medical technology. The group made the claim in a Feb. 7 news release.

Although the requirements for Stage 2 of meaningful use are not yet final, IT services firm CSC said the direction is clear and healthcare organizations should focus on providing capabilities for engaging patients, coordinating care and capturing the data for quality reporting.

BOSTONAdvancements in healthcare have allowed the average lifespan to reach approximately 80 years, but longer lives mean receiving more and spending more forhealthcare. While modern advancements in healthcare, whether in the realm of health IT or pharmaceuticals, may have the ability to reduce these costs, establishing their use in practice can be difficult. A panel of healthcare professionals gathered at the 2012 Harvard Business School Conference on Feb. 4 to discuss this dilemma.

Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of Americas Health Plans, believes that the unprecedented availability of information and opportunity make this an exciting time to be working in the healthcare industry, but said that rising costs make innovation difficult.

Health IT vendor Greenway Medical went public Feb. 2, offering an initial public offering will make available approximately 6.7 million shares of common stock at $10 per share.