Alan Portela, president of CliniComp and professor of healthcare information technology at the University of California-Irvine, shares his insights into how electronic health record implementation can make hospitals profitable.

The photographic paintingOften the value of a new technology is not understood for many years after its invention. The first film cameras were initially used to capture “photographic paintings” of landscapes, still life studies and portraits, the standard subject matter…

The American Board of Medical Specialties will create new measurement tools and incorporate them into the ABMS Maintenance of Certification to promote meaningful use of healthcare information technology, according to an ABMS news release.

Here are 10 current columns address anesthesia and anesthesia-related issues.

The Mississippi Division of Medicaid and Shared Health, one of the country's largest health information exchanges, have launched a system for electronic health records and electronic prescribing for more than 500,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in Mississippi, according to a Healthcare IT…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has set guidelines for federal funding of Medicaid healthcare information technology initiatives, according to a letter written by CMS.

Vicki Edelman, administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, shares four key steps to take to ensure an efficient ASC anesthesia group recruitment process.

CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Although the anesthesia section in the CPT manual is the smallest, it can be one of the most difficult areas to accurately…

A federal privacy and security panel that advises the Health Policy Committee says health information exchanges must first obtain patient consent before sharing sensitive patient information beyond a point-to-point exchange, according to a Government Health IT report.

Hugh Morgan is the quality assurance officer for Somnia Anesthesia Services, a physician-owned and -managed anesthesia management company servicing healthcare facilities, anesthesiologists and anesthesiology groups nationwide.