In an effort to improve patient safety, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation announced that 49 healthcare technology companies have signed its Open Data Pledge.

This year’s Health Datapalooza includes a code-a-thon using non-governmental de-identified administrative claims data and electronic record clinical data to establish algorithms to predict clinical response to rheumatoid arthritis management.

Another HIMSS Conference & Exhibition has come and gone, and true to expectations, interoperability, connected health and consumerization were the most prevalent buzz words this year.

On the whole, U.S. healthcare has made significant strides toward beating back healthcare-associated infections. However, omit the unfortunately common yet usually treatable C. difficile from the equation, and a lot of the remaining HAIs are caused by hard-to-kill, antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

"Innovate or die" was the rallying cry at HIMSS16, according to John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Several vendors are tapping into the access home care workers have with patients, especially those with strong potential for expensive care needs.

In contrast to claims that telehealth can solve numerous healthcare problems, including access to care, a paper published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research says research on the practice is overly positive because it is often based on short-term projects.

The National Quality Forum has issued a report providing guidance on how to measure the safety and safe use of health IT, including IT design, use and implementation.