The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded the ECRI Institute a contract to establish a new national healthcare system that would identify, track and monitor new healthcare technologies — including drugs, devices, procedures, services and care delivery…

Cleveland Clinic has selected its top 10 medical innovations for 2011, including discoveries such as pill-sized cameras and minimally invasive weight-loss surgical procedures, according to a press release.

Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, healthcare providers are able to qualify for incentive payments upon adopting and demonstrating meaningful use of healthcare information technology, particularly electronic health records. Starting in 2011, these incentive payments will be…

In 2009, the Obama administration signed into law the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Under this legislation, the HITECH Act makes healthcare providers who adopt meaningful use of electronic health records eligible for incentive payments starting in 2011. As more…

A survey recently conducted by Emerson Network Power, a technology solutions company, shows hospitals' top information technology concerns are budgets, power requirements and availability, according to the company news release.

Researchers with the Department of Medical Informatics State University of New York have published a study in which they analyze how personal health record portals can help healthcare organizations and providers progress in chronic disease management, according to the study's…

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will help states transition to new or upgraded IT exchange systems that will allow consumers to research available health insurance plans, according to an HHS news release.

FIRM360, a new financial risk management toolkit, was introduced by HFA Partners for healthcare providers this week, according an HFA Partners news release.

A study conducted by CapSite, a healthcare technology research and advisory firm, showed that more than 40 percent of U.S. hospitals are planning to invest in new health information management systems, according to the study.

The HHS' Health IT Policy Committee has created quality measure concepts for stage 2 of meaningful use but has not yet established specifics for incentive criteria, according to a Government Health IT news report.