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NewsIT 'super users' ease hospital culture change
The employment or internal training of IT "super users"--individuals who are ahead of the curve when it comes to technology use--is becoming a common practice at hospitals looking to change their IT Read more...
Bipartisan center calls for increased HIE efforts, alignment of healthcare incentives
Aligning financial incentives with high-quality care and accelerating health information exchange efforts (HIE) were among several key recommendations made in a new report released this morning by Read more...
Despite $3.2B HIT spend in Europe, clinical IT investment lacking
Health professionals in Europe are embracing integrated technology, but only to an extent, according to a recent report by the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Read more...
3 IT initiatives for sustained ACO success
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule on accountable care organizations (ACO) no doubt reduces some IT burdens for participating entities to qualify for shared savings Read more...
Cost, usability keep many docs skeptical of health IT
About half of physicians responding to a Wolters Kluwer survey said their practices had embraced health information technology, including clinical decision support tools. But 44 percent of the Read more...
Leavitt: HIT standards development slow, but U.S. on the right track
Michael Leavitt, the Secretary of Health and Human Services during the second term of President George W. Bush, expressed strong support for the Obama Administration's health IT incentive program Read more...
Duke, Verizon team to develop apps for mass market
Duke University and Verizon have agreed to collaborate on developing health IT products that will improve patient outcomes and decrease health costs. The initiative will focus on ways to increase Read more...
New health IT 'platform' calls for larger focus on patient needs
Twenty-seven consumer-oriented organizations within the Consumer Partnership for eHealth this week unveiled their "Consumer Platform for Health IT," which proposes that the development of health IT Read more...
Comments coming fast and furious on ONC strategic plan update
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) of Health IT has already received more than three dozen comments since publishing its new draft strategic plan for 2011-2015. The HITECH Act requires ONC Read more...
IT to support greater collaboration between VA, Indian Health Service
Interoperable health IT is a major component of an expanded partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service to improve the health of Native American and Native Read more...
| Press ReleasesFierceHealthcare publisher will helm ACO panel at World Congress Leadership Summit on Accountable Care OrganizationsFierceHealthcare publisher will helm ACO panel at World Congress Leadership Summit on Accountable Care Organizations Conference will bring together top ACO policymakers and stakeholders and will Read more >> HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WILL BROADEN AND DEEPEN ADOPTION OF CLINICAL TECHNOLOGY ACROSS ALL MAJOR CLINICAL SOLUTION CATEGORIES OVER For Further Information, Contact: Lee Zupancic Media Relations, Gantry Group 978-371-7557 x19 (office) Read more >> |
