Five Colorado healthcare organizations have signed agreements to share patient data through the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization's Health Information Exchange, according to a CORHIO news release.

At its Feb. 2011 meeting, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Board of Directors approved a revision that requires anesthesia residents to participate in at least one simulated clinical experience each year.

Study findings suggest telemedicine intensive care unit coverage can help decrease ICU mortality and length-of-stay, according to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has released a draft Request for Proposal aimed at forming an Open Source community around its VistA electronic health record system, according to a VA news release.

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs has issued a new Specialized Standard and enhancements to its SCRIPT Standard, according to an organization news release.

Despite Governor Scott Walker's opposition to the healthcare reform law, Wisconsin is ahead of scheduling in building an infrastructure that supports health insurance exchange systems, according to a Green Bay Press-Gazette news report.

Florida Hospital and Orlando Health, both located in Orlando, Fla., have partnered in a one-year pilot program that connects emergency department physicians at both healthcare facilities, according to an Orlando Sentinel news report.

Implementation of electronic health records in a five-physician practice may cost up to $162,000 in addition to more than $85,000 in maintenance spending for the first year, according to research findings published in Health Affairs.

Researchers need to proactively engage lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in health studies and collect data on these populations to identify and better understand health conditions that affect them, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced six winners of round two of the HHSinnovates program, which was launched last year to recognize exceptional innovation efforts throughout all HHS agencies, according to a department news release.