Many hospital readmissions were related to quality and coordination of care issues that are within the control of healthcare providers. MORE

The New Jersey Department of Health is helping expand NJSHINE, a nascent HIE in the southern part of the state, with a $1 million grant. The aim is to expand its capabilities and participating organizations, and link with other HIEs in the state. MORE

Even as health IT has continued to spread, one continuing problem for stakeholders has been ensuring that frontline workers are getting adequate training. MORE

Short and sweet, these are Network Health CTO Peter Bristol's top four predictions for the next 12 months. MORE

Yesterday I talked about where I'd been last year. Today I'm going to cover where I think things are headed in the US (at least for me). MORE

Large health systems may be way ahead of the HHS on mobile device security, but as more and more health organizations see increased mobile use, they should know what they're getting into, the agency says. MORE

The newest iteration includes historical data, reports and white papers about IT use in the healthcare industry. MORE

Since even some analysts are still confused, the time to agree that HIE does not stand for health insurance exchange is upon us. MORE

Be it through social media, games, big data tools or other health IT means, there is ample opportunity to use the new wave of technology to ramp up your business. MORE

As we noted yesterday, many policymakers are keen on the role patients can take in the health IT transition. Given that goal, patient engagement advocates are likely to feel encouraged by a new survey which indicates that a healthy majority of healthcare consumers are willing to make greater use of health IT. MORE

ONC's annual meetup, Privacy & Security Forum, mHealth Summit and the industrial revolution ... it's This Week in Government Health IT. MORE

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has awarded its first ACO accreditation to the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, in Houston, a sign of EHR systems being put to more use for performance and quality reporting. MORE

The national health IT coordinator had announced the winner of the Blue Button Mash-Up contest but “didn’t really understand it until I saw my parents’ information in the app.” MORE

Education is the cornerstone of advancing a career and recognized to be very important for individuals as an ongoing process for skill development, advancement and expertise. MORE

Yesterday, we pointed to a CDC study which revealed that while many providers intend to try to attest to Meaningful Use, many are still not prepared due to inadequate technology. MORE

Here are a couple examples to help you learn the ICD-10-PCS code set. MORE

This Week in Government Health IT ... MU payments soar beyond $9 billion in November, mHealth momentum, overbearing legal system, tweaks to Stage 2, ICD-10 regulation myths demystified, and more. MORE

I'm in DC for IHE meetings Tuesday and Wednesday, and giving a session at the 2012 mHealthSummit Wednesday afternoon on Trends on Mobile Interoperability and Standards. I scheduled my travel to attend the IHE educational session held on Monday, but decided to take advantage of by mHealthSummit badge to take look at the conference instead. MORE

The cliche "The devil is in the details" can sum up the debate surrounding ICD-10 implementation. MORE

While there are at least two sides to every story, one of the more one-sided stories in health IT is the degree to which e-prescribing has taken hold across the healthcare sector. MORE