Three of the largest health systems in Maryland and a large retirement community operator have joined together to build a statewide health information exchange network, according to a report by the Baltimore Sun.

Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications, a leading supplier of speech solutions, announced that eClinicalWorks, a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical systems market, and McKesson Practice Partner, a leading integrated electronic health record, medical billing and appointment scheduling software, have…

InformationWeek has named Hospital Corporation of America to its 2009 InformationWeek 500, which lists the nation's most innovative users of business technology, according to an HCA news release.

Middlesex Hospital has launched an online clock for the emergency departments at three of its locations: Middletown, Conn., Essex, Conn., and Marlborough, Conn., according to a report in the Hartford Courant.

Pittsburgh-based Highmark launched a new Web tool that allows patients to compare the costs different medical facilities charge for 17 elective surgical procedures, according to a report in Insurance & Financial Advisor.

I am a physician and also a small-business owner. I have been very interested in healthcare reform for quite sometime. I have therefore been very intrigued by much of what has taken place over the last several months as the…

Hospital Corporation of America has appointed Richard Tayrien, MD, as its new chief health information officer, effective Sept. 21, according to an HCA news release.

Irvin Thomas, MD, medical director of Safe Sedation, an ambulatory surgery anesthesia group, discusses clinical advances in anesthesia and their effects on the ASC business.

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has been recognized by KLAS, a healthcare research organization, as the leader in its use of healthcare information technology among pediatric hospitals, according to a release from Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

For the first time in the nation, a Web tool is showing the average price paid by health plans to different providers for common healthcare services, according to a release from the office of Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.