During the next five years, 65 percent of doctors believe the quality of healthcare will deteriorate, according to a survey of 2,958 doctors released by technology company Thomson Reuters and practice management company HCPlexus.

A  non-partisan advisory committee charged with mapping Pennsylvania's implementation of national healthcare reform calls for a consumer-oriented health insurance exchange, clear access and enrollment information, and measures that help the state's healthcare system accommodate the newly insured. 

Healthcare reform should be able to bridge the gap between the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and Medicare coverage for those services, according to a study published in the January/February issue of Annals of Family Medicine.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Life Sciences IT (LSIT) Global Institute have joined forces to provide education, resources and tools to the life sciences community including research, medical devices, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostics.

As the government and private payors crack down on imaging utilization and reimbursement, innovation will likely stumble, heightening the need for radiologists to do what little they can to sustain patient outcomesmainly by emphasis on quality standards, argues the author of an opinion column published in the January edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has appointed Richard Campanelli to its board of trustees.

World Health Imaging, Telemedicine & Informatics Alliance (WHITIA), a healthcare nonprofit focused on bringing healthcare technologies to medical facilities in limited-resource areas, has launched its Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI) to help urban and rural community health centers obtain technologies such as digital x-ray and telemedicine systems.

Hewlett-Packard has signed a 52-month services agreement with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to create a statewide Medicaid health information exchange (HIE).