Benny Nolen has been appointed president of St. Joseph-Mount Sterling (Ky.), which is part of St. Joseph Health System, based in Lexington, according to a health system news release.
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The EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup has released a set of technical specifications to standardize connections between healthcare providers, health information exchanges and other "data-sharing partners," according to a workgroup news release.
Shawnee Mission (Kan.) Medical Center has named Jack Wagner interim CEO, according to a Shawnee Dispatch report.
Aaron E. Glatt, MD, has been appointed executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, N.Y., according to a hospital news release.
Personal and financial information of an undisclosed number of Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital patients was publicly available due to an online bill-pay website security error, according to a hospital news release.
The Institute of Medicine, which cited a need for greater oversight of health IT by public and private sectors, has made 10 recommendations for patient safety in health IT.
Roughly 49 percent of community hospitals reported they currently have an operating margin less than 2 percent, according to a Community Hospital 100 and Anthelio Healthcare Solutions survey (pdf).
A recent Mayo Clinic study found that patients may put off potentially unneeded health services, such as imaging, laboratory tests and outpatient procedures, when they must bear some of the financial responsibility, according to a Health Affairs report.
CMS will host a call Nov. 9 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. EST regarding the implementation of HIPAA Version 5010 and D.0 transaction standards.
Physicians in Washington and Oregon experienced increases in both compensation relative to work relative value unit production and their own retirement contributions in 2010, according to an ECG Management Consultants survey.