The Wood-Library Museum of Anesthesiology has recently launched its new website at www.woodlibrarymuseum.org, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

A former hospital security guard of W.B. Carrell Memorial Clinic in Dallas has been sentenced to 110 months in federal prison for hacking into the hospital's computer system and installing malware with intent to launch distributed-denial-of-service attacks, according to an…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has established the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center), created by the Affordable Care Act to examine new tools to improve healthcare delivery and payment to healthcare providers, according to…

In Oct. 2010 in San Diego, a group of anesthesiologists formed the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine, a group that aims to promote the cross-fertilization between anesthesiology and sleep medicine, encourage studies determining the associations between sleep-disordered breathing and…

Henry Ford Health System, based in Detroit, has spent approximately $100 million to upgrade its 22-year-old electronic medical record systems, according to a Crain's Detroit Business news report.

Healthcare providers aiming for incentive payments by meeting meaningful use requirements know the process is a complicated one; yet 83 percent of respondents to an InformationWeek survey said they are evaluating, implementing or have already deployed electronic health records that…

Two former staff members of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT have established the Alembic Foundation, which aims to expand on the agency's open source technology for interoperability, according to an organization news report.

Recent studies show treating HIV patients through telemedicine is as effective as a visit to the physician's office and remote treatment also improved physician-patient communications, according to a report by Computerworld.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated its meaningful use "Frequently Asked Questions" section with new questions and updated answers.

Nurses at Vanderbilt University are using avatars and entering virtual worlds to interact with patients and do online training with students, according to a Tennessean news report.