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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is seeking applicants for Phase II funding totaling up to $150.7 million in its bid to build a “network of networks” for comparative effectiveness…

Any attempts to delay, again, ICD-10 compliance would be a waste of time and money, and should be opposed, eight healthcare organizations–including the American Hospital Association and the Premier healthcare…

Big data has the potential to improve healthcare in many ways, but too much information could become unmanageable for the industry, according to John Mattison, chief medical information officer at…

New risks have upped the ante for HIPAA security and privacy officers and increased fines have many on edge. Particularly in the aftermath of the Community Health Systems (CHS) breach,…

Technology may take the place of human interaction in some aspects of healthcare, but that doesn’t make in-person contact any less important, according to two industry professionals. Humans and computers…

Penn Medicine’s decrease in sepsis mortality rates is credited to its use of data analytics, according to Healthcare IT News. The Philadelphia-based hospital used clinical systems data and an early…

The use of electronic medication packaging (EMP) devices that are integrated into the care delivery system and designed to record dosing events are more frequently linked to improved medication adherence…

As Apple looks to team with provider organizations and other health technology vendors on efforts relating to its forthcoming HealthKit platform and its new wearable device, Apple Watch, it will…

A finalized policy on genomic data sharing was published online Wednesday in the Federal Register by the National Institutes of Health. According to the NIH, the aim of the policy…

Is the health information exchange landscape as bleak as it appears? More than $26 billion has been invested, mostly in incentive payments to hospitals and eligible professionals who meaningfully use…