Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has outlined the research organization's goals and mission in a perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine, published Sept. 29.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has recently developed the Distinction in Patient Experience Reporting program to help practices capture feedback through a newly developed Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) patient-centered medical home survey.

The Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is calling for vendors to paricipate in a vendor-readiness project relating to ICD-10 compliance.

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has named Rosemary Kennedy, PhD, vice president for health IT. Kennedy joins NQF from Siemens Medical Solutions, where for seven years she was the chief nursing informatics officer.

Three hospital systems and three physician practices in central Illinois are moving toward making their vision of digitally exchanging patient information a reality by forming the Lincoln Land Health Information Exchange.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has filed an appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court regarding its challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Researchers from Brigham and Womens Hospital explored the characteristics of social media sites for diabetics and their potential to promote patient health, finding that online social networks may improve health promotion.

Tricare, a healthcare program serving active duty service, National Guard and Reserve members, sent out a notification that an estimated 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients were impacted by a data breach involving personally identifiable and protected health information.