Nearly 35 percent of all imaging costs ordered for 2,068 orthopedic patient encounters in Pennsylvania were ordered for defensive purposes, according to a study presented Feb. 15 at the 2011 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in San Diego.

Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University have signed an agreement to deepen their collaboration in healthcare, medical research and education and help to coordinate future complementary goals of both organizations.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals will expand its deployment of Allscripts ambulatory and acute care EHRs to caregivers throughout Northeast Ohio. The strategic agreement between the health system and Allscripts is expected to support development of University Hospitals' accountable care organization model.

MedAllies, a health information systems provider in New York's Hudson Valley, has been tapped to be part of the Direct Project, a national effort to fast track HIE.

Dashboards, or scorecards, serve as effective tools in measuring performance, driving accountability and identifying focus areas for improving results, according to Kay Stewart-Huey, cardiac service line administrator at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Monday, Feb. 21, 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Home-based physical therapy can improve the strength and balance of stroke survivors as well as treadmill training done in a physical therapy lab, according to the results of the LEAPS trial presented Feb. 11 at the American Stroke Associations International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles.

As computing power and IT capabilities continue to grow and improve, so do opportunities to modernize the U.S .healthcare system through application of these technologiesin order to foster the health and well being of individuals in underserved minority communities, according to a perspective paper published in the winter 2011 edition of Perspective in Health Information Management.