The American College of Physicians applauds the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on the “exceedingly thoughtful strategic plan” but notes several shortcomings.

Numerous stakeholders have repeatedly called for improved health IT interoperability as a first step to improved healthcare but the Government Accountability Office (GAO) just released a report identifying ongoing barriers.

The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary will award $685 million to 39 national and regional healthcare networks and supporting organizations to help equip clinicians with the tools and support needed to improve quality of care, increase patients’ access to information and reduce costs.

Today, The Innovation Institute announced that Boston Scientific has signed an agreement to become the founding medical device sponsor of its Innovation Lab in Newport Beach, Calif.

The latest Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) funding will go toward efforts to reduce preventable hospital-acquired conditions and readmissions.

Technology is costing physicians 12 percent more per year than it did in 2010, according to the MGMA Cost and Revenue Survey. 

The FDA has created the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee which will provide advice to the FDA commissioner on a range of complex issues relating to medical devices, the regulation of devices and their use by patients.  

Most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.