Philadelphia, PA, June 06, 2013 -- Pharmaceutical companies now have access to a better supply of data through EMRs, and HIEs, as well as more Government sponsored Big Data initiatives than ever before. The downside is that with so much information, many companies are finding it difficult to leverage all of the information available to them.

The public is welcome to submit suggestions to new quality measures to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for inclusion in the Physician Quality Reporting System program in coming years.

The recent release of federal data doesn't go far enough, according to Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). They are calling for more action to make Medicare claims data fully transparent.

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) is soliciting input from industry stakeholders on 12 existing and three new accreditation programs, according to an announcement on May 29.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in conjunction with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, has released draft clinical quality measures on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s U.S. Health Information Knowledgebase website, the AHRQ announced on May 28.

As the healthcare industry becomes increasingly data driven, more organizations are seeking data management, analysis and reporting skills.

With the vast amount of data at its disposal, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the ideal hub for healthcare data mining.

I am a practicing physician with extra responsibility for informatics and innovation. I love being able to do multiple things in my day, but I do often hear “How do you juggle all those roles?”  The simple answer is that I truly treat them as synergistic—they feed and support each other.