The Senate voted to approve a bill that will delay the implementation of ICD until at least Oct. 1, 2015. The bill now moves to President Obama, who is expected to sign it into law. The bill was passed 64-35 on Monday, March 31.

A new brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation follows up on an Institute of Medicine patient safety report and recommendations on how hospitals could change to reduce errors.

Several projects aim to conect veterans, particularly those in rural areas, with their healthcare providers, according to a post on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT blog, Health IT Buzz.

The winner of a new app challenge focused on research matchmaking will win $100,000.

BOSTON--“My IT agenda has been co-opted by regulatory demands,” said John Halamka, MD, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, speaking at a March 27 panel on the art of medicine. A panel of physicians heavily involved in IT at their respective organizations and beyond discussed how IT adoption is impacting the delivery of healthcare at the event hosted by Nuance.

Thirty percent of healthcare CIOs report that their organizations have no mobile technology strategy, according to a survey by IT staffing firm Robert Half Technology.

New standards for patient centered medical homes focus on behavioral health, care management for high-needs populations and team-based care, among other updates.

A proposed rule from the FDA amends the agency's regulations governing classification and reclassification of medical devices to conform to provisions in the FDA Safety and Innovation Act, simplifying the classification process.