Warfarin, the most commonly prescribed and trickiest to manage anticoagulant, is the key culprit of hospitalizations for the elderly patient population, according to a study published Nov. 24 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Warfarin was followed by insulins and oral-anticoagulants, and the researchers found that nearly two-thirds of hospitalizations were due to unintentional overdoses.

The baby boomer generation and chronic illness will drive increased use of home healthcare. Various IT solutions can help organizations reduce readmissions and put technology, such as videoconferencing, to good use to improve patient outcomes.

Communication between laboratory information systems and other data systems is stymied by a lack of interoperability standards. Learn how several facilites are working around the obstacles.

A closer look at the hot topics of the Medical Group Management Associations annual meeting, including EHR rollouts, accountable care organizations, the looming physician shortage and physician compensation.

CMIOs and other health IT leaders are invited to help CMIO compile a comprehensive view of the trends in the industry and the factors that are most important when determining salary and compensation by taking its annual 2012 CMIO Compensation Survey.

Computer manufacturer Dell, headquartered in Round Rock, Texas, is planning to provide cloud computing technology, professional support and millions of dollars in funding to the Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translation Research Consortium and the Translational Genomics Research Institute in support of pediatric cancer research.

Purdue University scientists have come up with a new method for researching with DNA, potentially opening a new pathway to understanding diabetes and other diseases.

The New Jersey Health IT Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) has reached a significant milestone with 5,000 primary care providers committing to transitioning to EHRs.