Hyper-vigilance is required for medication reconciliation with more and more health IT in play.

The journey to accountable care is fraught with challenges and opportunities. Newly formed ACOs in California, Maine and Maryland are finding that an ability to capture beneficiary data so they can target the highest risk patients is key to success. 

Healthcare innovation centers are popping up all over—even Medicare has established its own innovation center with an impressive budget. How are these centers helping get innovations from idea into practice and how might they evolve in coming years?

One of the most common questions asked these days is “What is healthcare innovation?” Like the story of the blind men touching different sides of an elephant and each describing something separate, you will hear a wide variety of answers to this question based on whom you ask.

Despite the sunny days and warm breezes, it feels like the calm before a storm.We’re edging up to the one-year mark until there will be just one year left until the October 1, 2014 ICD-10 implementation deadline. Can you hear the clock ticking?

In the latest major acquisition, Tenet Healthcare announced that it will acquire Vanguard Health Systems for $21 per share in an all cash transaction.

Urban families of pediatric patients reported high access to digital technology and the majority expressed interest in receiving healthcare information digitally, according to a study in the July issue of Pediatrics.

Although long-term care providers are not eligible for the Meaningful Use program, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has a new web page designed to help them benefit from other federal initiatives to accelerate health IT adoption.