TeleTracking Technologies, a Pittsburgh-based medical technology company, recently appointed Valerie Fritz as vice president of marketing for their real-time location solutions division, according to a company news release.

Digitally networked medical devices can lower operational effectiveness and thus harm patient care, according to a report by Heath Data Management.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has provided additional information about meaningful use on the FAQ section of its incentive program website, according to a Government Health IT report.  The following information was added to the CMS website: •…

A laptop containing protected health information for approximately 6,000 patients was stolen from Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth, N.H., according to a Union Leader report. The breach occurred April 3, but was reported by hospital officials last week. PHI on…

Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals and Clinics has fired 32 employees after they improperly used electronic medical records to access information for 11 patients hospitalized in a massive drug overdose, according to a Star Tribune report. The system fired 28 employees at…

A study has identified challenges facing physicians using e-prescribing systems, citing cumbersome tools and non-useful data as barriers to use, according to the study from Center for Studying Health System Change. The study examined 24 physician practices, identifying the following…

CMS has pledged that in a few years, hospitals will no longer have to abstract quality measures from patient charts, as required under the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program, according to a proposed rule published May 5 in the Federal…

An advisory panel of the Health IT Policy Committee has proposed delaying stage 2 of meaningful use until 2014, giving vendors and healthcare providers more time to update and implement more advanced technology, according to a Government Health IT report.…

Electronic medical records have been identified as the most valuable IT system in reducing the impact of healthcare staff shortages, according to a survey conducted by ASQ. Through an online poll, 475 healthcare quality professionals ranked other useful IT methods…

An analysis by Kaiser Permanente as shown the use of health information technology can significantly produce environmental savings in healthcare, according to a system news release.