To guide its work in healthcare information technology, the National Quality Forum announced it has formed a new Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC), according to a news release.

Issaquah, Wash.-based Spacelabs Healthcare has announced the release of its Ultraview DM3 dual-mode vital signs monitor, which recently received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a Spacelabs news release.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched an application for mobile devices that allows anesthesiologists and other clinicians to monitor patients, check vital signs, communicate with other providers and peer into operating rooms during surgeries all from the convenience of their…

North Shore-LIJ Health System, a 14-hospital system in New York, has launched an online tool to help patients determine the cost of medical services in advance and find out whether they are eligible for financial assistance, according to a system…

Although the order set, a standardized set of evidence-based treatment guidelines for a certain medical condition, has been around for decades, regulatory issues surrounding the performance of core measure and government funding for healthcare information technology through meaningful use guidelines…

In an effort to control ED backlogs, Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem, Va., is posting up-to-date wait times at its ED on several electronic billboards in the Roanoke Valley, according to the Roanoke Times.

Indianapolis-based Clarian Health is changing its name to Indiana University Health next year, according to a report in the Indianapolis Business Journal.

A new survey suggests defensive medicine — ordering unnecessary tests for fear of lawsuits — may become more common because younger physicians are more likely to have picked it up in training, according to release by Jackson Healthcare.

Hospitals that used electronic health records improved mortality rates but did not save money or reduce patient complications, a decade-long study of 326 California hospitals suggests, according to a report in the Arizona Republic.

The Department of Health and Human Services launched its data breach information website in February and has since received 64 reported incidences, affecting over 1 million people, according to a report in American Medical News.