By involving more health professionals -- caregivers specifically -- the organization hopes to not only enhance aspects of HL7 such as usability, workflow, domain content, but also to enable a more comprehensive and specific manner of decision support at the point of care. Well, that and other initiatives in genomics and mobile health.

In Bipartisan Policy Center survey, majority of physicians say that business case for data exchange is emerging because it will improve health care.

What with AHA, AMA, CHIME and HIMSS effectively leading the charge, it should be no surprise that several other industry association have joined the cacophony of public commenters.

Incentive schemes often lead to gaming schemes. Will pay-for-performance programs follow suit?

The Chief Medical Officer of SCAN Health Plan told the U.S. Senate Finance Committee today that the healthcare community needs to do a better job of monitoring the medications prescribed to the frail elderly and that one of the best ways to achieve this is through the establishment of thoughtful care-coordination programs.

The 15 members chosen for the high-level advisory panel represent diverse segments of the health care and IT communities.

The board of directors will announce a new name and a dues structure for the nonprofit health IT organization at its next meeting.

An HHS panel must weigh health IT certification to attract serious industry players without alienating small innovators.

Board of directors vows to continue the work of predecessor American Health Information Community in driving creation of a national health information network.