Using a large EHR-based dataset, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found evidence supporting the FDA's warnings of the risks for abnormal heart rhythms associated with the antidepressant citalopram.

Federally Qualified Health Centers have seen much health IT progress, but could benefit from advanced functionalities as they prepare for Medicaid expansions, say researchers writing in the journal BMC Health Services.

Medical researchers writing in the New England Journal of Medicine argue that prioritizing, or triaging, critical care in the ICU has been underused, suggesting that ICU clinical support software could go a long way to more efficient care.

New Web site tracks public comments to determine who has the most impact when it comes to shaping health IT policy.

ChenMed uses dashboards, clinical decision support tools, automated reminders, in-house pharmacy and drug utilization tracking systems as part of every care encounter, Sivak said.

The American Hospital Association calls on CMS to improve the process for clinical quality measures before finalizing them.

As New York lawmakers start sorting out next year's budget, the state Department of Health has outlined its proposal for meeting the state's Medicaid spending cap. With a new web-based Medicaid information system, the agency is focusing on incentivizing better primary-care and streamlining administration.

The Green Mountain Care Board is testing several payment models while some plans of the transition are still being ironed out.

Care coordination, and its linkage to payments and value, is overarching motivation for health information exchange, Mostashari said at HIE hearing.

A bill that passed the House in January would sustain funding for several public health preparedness programs in the areas of bioterrorism, infectious disease and natural disaster public health management.

Ideas for addressing Medicare inefficiencies can be found at the ground level, according to panelists at a policy summit held this week.

"The HIT sector really took off in 2012," according to the author of a new report finding that the realm more than doubled in investment activity over 2011.

AHRQ will examine behavioral and organizational factors and their impact on health IT and workflow redesign at six practices moving to patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model.

Heightened competition for healthcare talent will trigger higher compensation, according to a new report, and employers are also stepping up retention efforts.

From Carolyn Clancy to Farzad Mostashari, with a former U.S. President topping it all off, federal health IT experts and agency heads will be presenting at the annual HIMSS conference in New Orleans come March.

In what it considers a model for the nation, Washington State's Health Care Authority shares best practices from its 'ER is for Emergencies' program.

The agency is seeking individuals to participate in two workgroups focusing on hospital inpatient administrative metrics.

HIE research aims to help with technical and business skills for query-based exchange, push notification and subscription services, provider directories, master data management and consumer engagement.

The state's health department hopes to make telemedicine clinics standard across Georgia in the next few years.

Group to focus creating a single point of coordination between stakeholders and those working to improve quality, HL7 CEO Charles Jaffe says.