This week is the eighth annual National Health IT Week, which offers an opportunity for the federal government and industry associations to shine the spotlight on their initiatives, goals and successes.

Patient-centered medical homes reported higher operating costs per patient but also higher total medical revenue per patient than other practices, according to a report from the Medical Group Management Association.

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (September 17, 2013) – Focused on the value of mobile health for improving patient care and outcomes, mHIMSS, the mobile health initiative of HIMSS, will announce its new mValue Case Study Submission program at the mHIMSS Reception held on Sept. 17 during National Health IT Week in Washington, D.C.

Meaningful use Stage 2 requirements are driving EMR-specific patient portal adoption but the increase is having a negative effect on best-of-breed vendors because third-party solutions are not as well equipped as EMR offerings for the requirements, according to a report from KLAS.

ANN ARBOR, MI, September 16, 2013 – San-Diego-based Sharp HealthCare, one of the nation’s leaders in implementing electronic health records, also devotes significant resources to ensure that patient information is easily accessible and patients are correctly identified within its records system to support its 2.3 million visits per year.

September 9, 2013 - IHE Europe is delighted to announce that Vienna, Austria is to host the fourteenth annual Connectathon from 7th to 11th April 2014. Vienna is particularly well suited to the logistics of dealing with some 350 IT engineers and in excess of 70 companies from across Europe who will endure the five days of interoperability testing.

The patient took center stage at the Consumer Health IT Summit, which brought together federal officials, healthcare organizations and industry representatives on Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C., to discuss efforts to equip and empower patients to better manage their health and how Blue Button fits into this work.

Providence, R.I. Sept 11, 2013 -- The Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) announces the full program for the Fall Symposium, which brings leading physician and clinical IT leaders together to share ideas, tactics and lessons learned in healthcare IT. The AMDIS Fall Symposium is designed for clinical informatics professionals looking to apply the latest digital technologies, applications and resources to all their initiatives to improve patient care and includes a full session track and unlimited networking opportunities.