American Society of Anesthesiologists President Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD, discusses five trends affecting anesthesiologists and how the ASA is responding to threats to its members.

As of 2009, just 2 percent of U.S. hospitals had electronic medical records systems meeting new "meaningful use" standards for federal financial incentives, according to a report in Health Affairs.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the VA Medical Center in Indianapolis will be partnering with the Indiana Health Information Exchange on an electronic health data exchange pilot, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

Ravi Sharma, CEO of 4Medica, a company that develops integrated medical records, discusses the biggest pitfall hospitals fall into after implementing electronic medical records and how hospitals can overcome this challenge.

Accountable care organizations are emerging in increasing numbers, as healthcare providers are coming under increased pressure to better coordinate patient care. At the same time, individual organizations that make up ACOs are struggling to implement healthcare information technology that meets…

A study by RAND Corp. finds a current shortage of 3,800 anesthesiologists in the United States and projects a possible shortage of 12,500 anesthesiologists by 2020, according a news release from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

The Northern Virginia Regional Health Information Organization has launched MEDS-ED Link, a project that provides access to patient medication histories for emergency department physicians at Inova Alexandria (Pa.) Hospital, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee has announced the receipt a five-year, $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences to train basic and physician-scientists engaged in anesthesiology research.

The nightmare of arriving at go-live with a staff of untrained physicians is enough to make any hospital administrator shy away from EMR implementation. Bert Reese, chief information officer of Sentara Healthcare, has taken eight hospitals and almost 300 physicians…

A Health and Human Services Department panel has shown support for a plan to create a federal database of business rules that states can use in determining eligibility of consumers for Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs, according to…