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NewsCHIME slams proposed ACO rules on data sharing
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), representing the nation's chief information officers, sent the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) some hard-hitting Read more...
CIOs wary of health IT staffing shortages
The specter of staffing shortages as the nation's hospitals gear up for EMR implementations and "meaningful use" of health IT has shown its face again, this time in the form of a survey of healthcare Read more...
Nine of 10 hospital CIOs expect to have 'meaningful use' by 2012
Just 10 percent of healthcare CIOs do not expect to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid bonuses for "meaningful use" of EMRs during Stage 1 of the federal incentive program, 2011-12, according to a new Read more...
Healthcare CIO job often is so much more than managing IT
Healthcare CIOs pretty much manage IT operations for their organizations, right? Well, it's not so simple anymore. Some, like Orlando (Fla.) Health vice president and CIO Rick Schooler, also oversee Read more...
CIOs optimistic despite slow growth in HIT spending
Though the health IT industry is gearing up for the federal health IT stimulus program that begins in October for hospitals and next January for physician practices, don't expect a big increase in Read more...
Study: Hospitals plan IT investment despite financial stresses
Sure, hospitals have been taking it on the chin financially over the last several months. They've been forced to respond in lots of ways, including laying off workers, instituting hiring freezes, Read more...
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