Saint Louis (Mo.) University Hospital recently launched a new single-incision laparoscopic surgery program, which is an advancement in minimally-invasive surgery and could pave the way for natural orifice surgery, according to an SLU Hospital news release.

The Obama administration will direct almost $600 million from the federal stimulus bill to community health centers and to subsidies for electronic medical records, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has become the first hospital in North America to acquire VectorVision flex, a computer-assisted surgery system that features Digital Lightbox with TraumaCad, a pre-operative planning and digital templating software solution, according to a…

In a letter to David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health information technology, the Medical Group Management Association sent a series of recommendations aimed at improving the electronic health record incentive programs mandated as part of the American Recovery and…

In response to allegations made by two pathologists, Gregory Walker, president and CEO of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, Del., sent a memo to medical staff defending the hospital's actions after a 13-month breach into patients' records, according to a report…

More than 40 hospitals and health systems across the country are urging federal officials to define certain terms outlining applicable recipients of incentives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's HITECH Act for adopting electronic health records, according to a…

New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City has established its Center for Digestive Care, which aims to provide high quality patient care, research and education for all aspects of digestive diseases, according to a Weill Cornell news…

Broadlane, a leading cost-management company for healthcare providers and supplier of technology-driven supply chain solutions, has partnered with OB10, a global e-Invoicing network, to offer a comprehensive electronic supply chain solution to its more than 1,000 acute-care hospital clients in…

Explorys, a newly formed company, has developed a search engine that will allow healthcare organizations to search an electronic database of de-identified patient data, according to a report by AMEDNews.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that Iowa's Medicaid program is the first to receive federal matching funds for planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act…