Category: eHealth

Jacob Reider will serve as Acting National Coordinator for ONC and Principal Deputy National Coordinator David Muntz has announced he, too, will leave ONC. read more Source: Jacob Reider named Acting National Coordinator for ONC; temporary replacement for Mostashari

A coalition of hospitals and health systems formed this month will push for increased medical device interoperability as a means for improving patient care and lowering costs. read more Source: Hospitals align to push for device interoperability

Republican senators led by Utah’s Orrin Hatch have said they will work to repeal the 2.3 percent medical device tax that went into effect January as part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. read more Source: ‘Stupid’ medical device tax faces GOP repeal

Reports on the effectiveness of robotic surgery have been conflicting, with some touting its success, and others saying it shouldn’t be used at all. While the rigid nature of such tools has a lot to do with persistent opinions supporting the latter viewpoint, a Boston start-up company aims to change all of that. read more…

Acomputer model that better understands the body’s reaction to medical implants, such as stents, catheters and artificial joints is ready for use, according to research published in the Journal of Immunological Methods. read more Source: Mathematical model aims to reduce reactions to implanted devices

Despite increased participation in health information exchanges, U.S. hospitals are struggling to share patient data with each other in “meaningful ways,” according to a new report published this week by HIMSS Analytics. read more Source: Health data exchange: Paper’s not dead yet

For Farzad Mostashari, walking away from ONC after two-plus years as National Coordinator for Health IT just feels like the right thing to do. “It wasn’t really a scientifically driven… read more Source: Farzad Mostashari: Health IT has evolved into an inevitability