InformationWeek: The Business Value of Technology

News
Natural Language Processing Takes Center Stage In EHRs
March 02, 2012  Ken Terry
NLP tied to speech recognition software can help physicians enter structured data into computers more easily.

News
Epocrates To Sell Electronic Health Records Business
March 02, 2012  Neil Versel
News comes just a week after company shows native iPad version of EHR at HIMSS conference.

News
Look Beyond Meaningful Use Stage 2
February 29, 2012  Neil Versel
Physicians and institutions must accept new reimbursement models and greater patient control, says healthcare CEO at HIMSS.

News
Meaningful Use Update: Submit Once, Get Double Credit
February 27, 2012  Neil Versel
Stage 2 Meaningful Use electronic health records incentive program would let providers also get credit toward Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting System.

News
Healthcare IT Goes Star Trek
February 24, 2012  Paul Cerrato
Captain Kirk could talk to his computer and get the information needed to make executive level decisions. The latest clinical analytics tools featured at HIMSS are just about there.

News
Feds Promise Flexibility In Meaningful Use, Stage 2
February 22, 2012  Neil Versel
Proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use rules regarding electronic health records will be finalized by midyear and take effect in 2012.

News
Personalized Medicine Reaches Endocrinologists
February 22, 2012  Paul Cerrato
Medical app gets patients fully involved in their own care and lets diabetes specialists monitor them 24/7.

News
ICD-10 Delay Worries Health IT Leaders
February 22, 2012  Nicole Lewis
The train's already left the station for organizations that have been prepping for an October 2013 ICD-10 deadline, say health IT organizations and CIOs.

News
Nursing Information Officers: Newest Health IT Leaders
February 22, 2012  Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Onslaught of health IT initiatives brings a need for nursing Informatics expertise, and a new breed of chief nursing information officers.

News
Health IT Leaders Biggest Worry: Finding Qualified Staff
February 21, 2012  Neil Versel
Hospital CIOs say their biggest concern is lack of qualified health IT professionals, not a lack of funding, HIMSS survey reveals.

News
Changes Planned For Meaningful Use Rules
February 21, 2012  Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
HIMSS12 attendees were disappointed when details of Meaningful Use Stage 2 rules weren't revealed on Tuesday, and they were surprised to hear that changes will be made to Stage 1 rules.

News
Highmark Will Use Verizon-Built HIE
February 21, 2012  Nicole Lewis
Health information exchange will link healthcare organizations across western Pennsylvania, providing cloud access to patient data and cutting costs by reducing redundancy of lab and imaging tests.

News
U.S. Leads In Healthcare IT Adoption
February 21, 2012  Nicole Lewis
Accenture study shows that government incentive programs to spur adoption of EHRs have helped the U.S. outpace other nations in healthcare IT.

News
HP Announces Alliance Program With Healthcare ISVs
February 21, 2012  Nicole Lewis
HP's Healthcare Alliance program expands its relationship with independent software vendors to develop innovative technology for small and midsize healthcare providers.

News
HIMSS Chief Predicts Dialed-Down Health IT Requirements
February 21, 2012  Neil Versel
Government's Stage 2 Meaningful Use requirements may get less stringent, based on lower than expected Stage 1 adoption, forecasts health IT group's CEO.

News
Healthcare CIOs Should Become 'Servant Leaders'
February 20, 2012  Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Author and consultant Ken Blanchard advises healthcare CIOs at HIMSS12 to lead their teams with a clear vision and respect for others' ideas.

News
Dell, Siemens Partner On Image Sharing, Archiving
February 16, 2012  Ken Terry
Partnership will boost Dell's Unified Clinical Archive and Siemens' Image Sharing & Archiving system and its Healthcare Cloud Computing Center.

News
Health IT's Newest Ideas: HIMSS12 Preview
February 07, 2012  Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Take an early look at 14 of the most interesting health IT products and services that will be displayed at the annual HIMSS conference, happening this month in Las Vegas.

» HIMSS 2012 Annual Conference and Exhibition «