Lack of interoperability is the biggest obstacle to information exchange, according to a report compiled by an independent group of scientists advising the federal government.

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) responsibilities have increased dramatically since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act) passed in February of 2009, and their compensation is not keeping up finds a survey of more than 200 healthcare executives conducted by search firm, SSi-SEARCH.

The Institute of Medicine’s 2011 report, Patient Safety and Health IT: Building Safer Systems for Better Care, expressed dismay that patient safety hadn’t improved very much since its landmark 1999 study, To Err is Human.

The global healthcare IT integration market is forecast to reach $2,745.9 million by 2018, up from $1,737.3 million in 2013, according to a report from global market research and consulting company MarketsandMarkets.

Federal mandates, mobile health, patient engagement, privacy and security were top issues.

Bed management, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and financial modeling applications are poised for accelerated growth in U.S. hospitals, according to a recent HIMSS Analytics market report.

With so much spent on chronic disease, programs are working to increase patient engagement in an effort to drive down costs. 

A look at impressive results these communities achieved through notification systems, care coordination and analytics.