The American Hospital Association (AHA) has sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., urging that Congress maintain the level of insurance coverage offered in the House version of healthcare reform when it reconciles the competing Senate and House healthcare reform bills.

Ambulatory EMR software will enable approximately 85 percent of healthcare providers to meet the Health IT Policy Committees proposed 2011 meaningful use standards, according to a report issued by KLAS, a healthcare market research firm.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has drastically altered the way healthcare organizations and their third-party vendors secure data and manage a data breach. As these rules begin to take effectand become requirementshealthcare organizations are just starting to learn and understand the implications of these new regulations.

Thirteen state attorneys general have asked Congress to delete from final healthcare reform legislation a provision contained in the Senates healthcare bill that would exempt Nebraska from having to pay for newly eligible Medicaid recipients.

Medipattern will provide B-CAD [computer-aided detection] software that uses breast ultrasound imaging at the Ocean Medical Imaging Center in Toms River, N.J.

While implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have been known to reduce mortality rates in patients, an analysis of four manufactured devices published in the December edition of the Heart Rhythm Journal found that upgrades to these devices are needed in order to further improve patient care.

Clinicians are in data overload and the potential exists for this information excess to stall decision-making, thereby negatively impacting patient care. The solution is to provide the right information at the right time to the right caregiver. Advanced wireless technologies are at the forefront of helping physicians and allied staff better handle the enormous amount of continually flowing patient data, as well as to communicate throughout the enterprise with patients and staff.

Theyre here, theyre there, theyre everywhere. Mobile workstations, or computers on wheels (COWs), provide access to data all over the hospital, including the ED, ICU and OR, and can be used to move, store and place items, and chart patient information more accurately.