TECHNOLOGY AND THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT
01/30/12 03:21 pm ET
Health IT holds great promise to improve patient care and reduce costs, but that promise is compromised by "gaps and barriers" to achieving the full benefit of health IT, according to a new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center. To illustrate its point in...>>
01/27/12 02:00 pm ET
The nation's health IT czar polished off his crystal ball this week and predicted five major health IT trends for the year. Dr. Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health IT, shared the prognostications on his office's Health IT Buzz blog:Meaningful use takes off. Mostashari...>>
01/25/12 04:00 pm ET
Venture capitalists continue to view health IT companies favorably. Investment by VC funds in the health IT sector increased 22 percent last year over the 2010 total, far outpacing the overall 10 percent increase in the amount of capital raised across all industry sectors,...>>
01/23/12 02:22 pm ET
Physicians who have an ownership stake in a medical practice are more likely than other doctors to rate EHR implementation as difficult. That's the finding of a study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. "Physicians who own their...>>
01/20/12 05:36 pm ET
If you have to sit in traffic, you might as well do something to improve your health. At the Digital Health Summit during this month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Ford Motor Company promoted mobile health apps enabled by its Sync computer system....>>
01/17/12 07:25 pm ET
A major U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contractor has fallen behind in its efforts to promote electronic health records, concluded the General Accountability Office in a Jan. 13 report. The contractor, the not-for-profit National Quality Foundation, or NQF, failed to deliver five...>>
01/16/12 04:55 pm ET
Health IT appears effective in helping medical practices to keep their patients' high-blood pressure under control, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The combination of electronic health records and clinical decision support (CDS) systems showed the best results, according...>>
01/13/12 01:40 pm ET
The nation's health IT czar is once again turning to the private sector to find innovative ways of spreading the word about the benefits of health technology. This time the topic is how technology can help individuals set and meet health goals. The Office...>>
01/11/12 04:50 pm ET
The topic of health, including electronic records and health information exchanges, is among the top 12 legislative issues state lawmakers will grapple with in 2012, predicts the National Conference of State Legislatures. States' lawmakers will focus on how to nudge health-care providers toward adopting...>>
01/09/12 03:59 pm ET
Here are the top 10 developments in health IT for 2011, straight from the national coordinator for health IT. Dr. Farzad Mostashari released the month-by-month list Jan. 6 on his Health IT Buzz blog:January: Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive programs launched. Since...>>
01/06/12 06:10 pm ET
Two teams using health IT tools to help prevent and treat cancer have been named winners in an Investing in Innovation (i2) challenge sponsored by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. Winners of the "Using Public Data for Cancer Prevention and...>>
01/04/12 04:01 pm ET
The District of Columbia is shifting away from a formal health information exchange to a less-robust email system for sharing medical data among providers, citing problems with financing and physician compliance as reasons for the shift. Bids are due Jan. 13 for contractors seeking...>>
01/04/12 05:16 am ET
Electronic health records top a list of 10 technologies hospitals need to watch in 2012, according to a report released today by ECRI Institute. "Technology is increasingly a top management concern, and is no longer confined to clinical and technical decision making. Themes emerging...>>
01/03/12 11:44 am ET
As you resolve not to smoke, overeat or work too much in 2012, the website SearchHealthIT issues its list of five health IT trends not to watch in the new year:Electronic medical records: EMRs are generally in-house records for tracking patient data and improving...>>
