The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has named the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology and the Drummond Group as the first healthcare information technology review bodies, according to a U.S. Department of Health & Human…

Market research firm INPUT has published a new report that says spending on state and local health information technology systems will increase 19 percent over the next five years, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

An report by research firm Frost & Sullivan shows that the U.S. ambulatory electronic health records market is projected to reach $2.6 billion in 2012, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

Cathy Crowley, CIO of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y., offers three key tips in positioning a hospital as a leader in information technology.

John Fontanetta, chairman of the emergency department at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J. and CMO for EDIMS, discusses four ways to improve efficiency in an emergency department with information technology.

KLAS, a research firm, has published a report that assesses the true cost of electronic medical record systems — including unanticipated costs — after 146 healthcare organizations bought the systems, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

The Office of the National Coordinator has approved a $6.6 million grant to Maine to expand and implement healthcare information technology in the state, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

When a disease outbreak threatens hospitals across the country, health systems are particularly strained by shortages of providers, vaccines and supplies, as well as the fear and worry of their patient population. Bert Reese, CIO of Sentara Healthcare in Virginia,…

A study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia reported an existing surgical robot could be used to perform complex regional anesthesia procedures, theoretically allowing expert anesthesiologists to perform procedures remotely, according to the Anesthesia & Analgesia report abstract. 

Hospitals and healthcare providers may run into a flurry of problems and challenges after implementing electronic medical records in their practices or institutions — including successfully merging physicians' workflows with EMRs — and Ohio State University Medical Center is no…