National Nurses Week 2013
Delivering Quality & Innovation in Patient Care In 1954, 100 years after Florence Nightingale’s mission to Crimea, the first National Nurse Week was observed in…
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Senator Looks to Delay Choice of Tavenner as CMS Administrator
New Wrinkle in Tavenner Nominiation On April 24, one day after the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator of the…
CMS, ONC to Host Event on Billing and Coding with EHRs
Coding in an EHR Environment On Friday, May 3, CMS and ONC will hold a meeting for providers, vendors, press, and others to discuss electronic…
Latest Telemedicine and mHealth Technologies on Display May 5 – 7
Word’s Largest Telemedicine Conference If you live within driving distance of Austin, Texas, or looking for a great excuse to get there, then check out…
Senate Finance Committee Approves Marilyn Tavenner to Lead Medicare, Medicaid
Finance Chairman Says Tavenner’s Experience Makes Her the Right Choice to Lead CMS Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) yesterday applauded the committee’s approval…
PwC Canadian Study Shows ROI in Use of EHR Technology Over Time
The Emerging Benefits of EHRs PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) provides research and analysis on trends impacting various health industries. The Institute’s latest report, commissioned…
Health Social Networking Sites and Inherent Risks to PHI
Many Social Networking Sites Lack Enough Information for Users to Make Privacy-sensitive Decisions In an open perspective article published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics…
Healthcare Automation Penetration Creates Need for Updated Continuity of Operations
Commentary By John Tempesco, AtHoc Healthcare, like every other industry in history, has reached the inevitable necessity of automating its operations to bring order to…
Truven Health Analytics Announces Top 15 Health Systems
Top Hospitals Achieve Superior Clinical Outcomes, Fewer Patient Safety Events Truven Health Analytics, formerly the Healthcare business division of Thomson Reuters, has released its 5th…