Category: HIE

The president is expected today to nominate Bob McDonald, a West Point graduate and former CEO of Procter & Gamble. …read more    

The majority of hospitals do not engage in the electronic exchange of health information, according to the findings of a study by researchers from the University of Michigan and Harvard University. The majority of hospitals do not engage in the electronic exchange of health information, according to the findings of a study by researchers from…

Six large regional health information exchanges (HIEs) have joined the Mid-State Consortium of Health Information Organizations, bringing the total number of member organizations to 23 spanning across 18 states in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions. Six large regional health information exchanges (HIEs) have joined the Mid-State Consortium of Health Information Organizations, bringing the total…

Victory Healthcare continues its corporate-wide commitment to honor America’s wounded warriors and the sacrifice they and their families made for our freedom by implementing employee philosophies and practices. …read more    

Report Finds Health Unit of V.A. Needs Overhaul A review of the Veterans Health Administration conducted by Rob Nabors, deputy chief of staff to President Obama, finds that VA leadership “is not prepared to deliver effective day-to-day management.” The report says that inept managers and a corrosive and non-transparent culture across the system have eroded…

Top News White House Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors delivered his review of the VA to President Obama Friday. The report’s high points: The VA is the country’s largest health system with 1,700 sites and $150 billion per year in funding. The 14-day patient scheduling standard was unrealistic and encouraged inappropriate behavior. The Veterans…

Sue Dunn, president and CEO of Donor Alliance, is the 2014 recipient of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) Cryolife Achievement Award, a national distinction. …read more    

Annamalai Ramanathan, director of Georgia Regents Health System in Augusta, Georgia, shares his perspectives on the challenges and opportunities embedded in forward progress in healthcare Among the liveliest of the numerous important sessions at the Health IT Summit in Atlanta, sponsored by the Institute for Health Technology Transformation (iHT2) was a panel discussion entitled “Achieving…

The biggest challenge for the next chief privacy officer at the ONC will be keeping up with the emergeing ways of sharing information, and looking at them from a privacy and security perspective, outgoing privacy head Joy Pritts said. read more …read more    

Lygeia Ricciardi, champion for patient engagement at the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), is the latest high-profile departure at the agency. Lygeia Ricciardi, champion for patient engagement at the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), is the latest high-profile departure at the agency. In an email to staff members, ONC chief, Karen DeSalvo, M.D.…