Electronic prescribing continues to grow at an impressive rate, but still only accounted for 12 percent of the 1.63 billion prescriptions written nationwide in 2009, according to the latest
HHS officials today awarded $30 million in grants to organizations in the Detroit and Cincinnati areas by naming the final two pilot communities in the $250 million Beacon Community Program. HHS
Despite the potential for states to receive increased federal support for their Medicaid programs in 2014, in the short term, at least two states--Michigan and Tennessee--expect things to get worse
Score one for America. Also, score one for jobs-starved Detroit. And leave it to health IT to be the catalyst for hiring. When Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan looked to cut costs, it determined it
It's perhaps a sad statement on American healthcare that this is even news, but it's still a somewhat rare phenomenon for physician practices to ask patients for credit cards before providing
A top-notch wireless infrastructure is no longer the exclusive domain of large, urban hospitals. In Ludington, Mich., 87-bed Memorial Medical Center has just completed a total replacement of its data
If you've already installed an EMR, or are well on your way, there's probably no need to panic about the "meaningful use" requirements of the federal EMR incentive program that starts in 2011.
In case anyone was doubting this scenario, mobile and wireless IT vendors are--get this--positioning themselves to capture some of the federal stimulus money. Yeah, we were shocked, too. Once the
Recently we've reported several times about the FDA's rather limited review process for medical devices. Now, it seems Congress is getting worried about this issue. In fact, several Congressional