Patient engagement and care coordination software vendor Axial Exchange has launched the Patient Engagement Index to rank U.S. hospitals in how involved patients are in their healthcare.

A lack of definitions for plans of care and the limitations of current and proposed standards for care transitions are just two of the challenges facing long-term care providers when it comes to complying with Meaningful Use (MU).

The unveiling of the CommonWell Health Alliance at HIMSS in early March by six EHR vendors sparked a lot of buzz, not only for their lofty goal of fostering healthcare data interoperability nationwide, but due to the noted absence of EHR giant Epic System Corp. 

Glen Rock, NJ, April 04, 2013 -- It’s the kind of war you look forward to going to: Lifepoint Informatics, a leader in health IT, will sponsor and participate in the upcoming Executive War College Conference on Laboratory & Pathology Management in New Orleans, April 30-May 1. The 18th annual industry conference brings together lab administrators and pathologists from around the world to share practical methods for improving the organizational performance and financial success of labs.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 5, 2013 -- As a health system, Saint Luke's ranks among the highest in the nation in patients' perspectives in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey of patients' hospital experiences.

LOS ANGELES, CA, February 28, 2013--City of Hope is implementing its EHR to provide the best care for its patients, and is capitalizing on the expert knowledge of its world leading clinical research to do so. COH is now using Wairever Inc.’s Plexina, a Clinical Knowledge Management automation platform, which can rapidly convert evidence and research knowledge into order sets for the EHR.

Richmond, VA April 04, 2013 -- Leaders from Diamond Healthcare Corporation and InSight Telepsychiatry, LLC have cemented a strategic partnership aimed at improving behavioral health care options in emergency departments.

From a new dashboard to tablet advances to legislation designed to increase price transparency, several small steps were taken on almost every front on the healthcare landscape.