Denver Health has implemented a chronic condition management (CCM) program, based on Microsoft software, to engage  diabetes patients in their care.

Healthcare company MedVantx and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island are collaborating on an initiative to provide Rhode Island patient-centered medical home practices with free, initial courses of prescription and over-the-counter medications via MedStart, MedVantx's sample management system, at the point of care in physician offices.

Attestation for meaningful use incentives began this week and rightfully grabbed the spotlight as the next big test of the program for both providers and federal agencies. Interoperability will play an increasingly important role in Stage 2 and Stage 3 requirements for meaningful use, but there were other major developments that will drive connectivity efforts for years to come. ACO guidelines were also announced in the past month, as was the ONCs proposed plan for federal health IT through 2015.

Data and physician champion, departmental bridge builder, time manager, clinician motivator and ever-ready intermediary are among the hats CMIOs wear on any given day. Recently, CMIO convened roundtable featuring members of our editorial advisory board, to discuss what it means to be an informatics leader today.

A recent blog in The New York Times online stated that modern healthcare delivery is becoming ever more dependent on computers, with bedside medicine evolving into desktop medicine.

Regardless of whether youre new to the clinical IT trenches, or well-entrenched, you should plan to attend the Clinical IT Leadership Forum: Beyond The EMR: Finding Real Innovations to Heal Healthcare on June 10 in Boston. Well tell you why.

Telehealth service provider American Well unveiled Online Care For Providers, an offering in its Online Care Suite that enables physician practices to offer live, on-demand consultations to patients in their homes or workplaces via the web or phone.

General Dynamics ITs hosting environment has received common security framework (CSF) certified status from the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST). The achievement follows a three-week audit of the processes and procedures of General Dynamics' health IT sector.