Wireless networks are not optimized to support nurses at the point of care, according to a recent study from Spyglass Consulting Group on communications for nursing.

Philips Healthcare has donated nearly $1 million worth of medical equipment and supplies to be used by a team of 12 clinicians from Caritas Christi Health Care who traveled to Haiti this week to aid in the earthquake relief efforts.

Call it a checkup of sorts. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sent letters to 31 U.S. hospitals asking about their experiences in implementing health IT under the $19 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The Senator said he aims to ensure the effective and efficient use of taxpayer money in implementing health IT.

Medicaid programs in South Carolina, Alaska, Kentucky and Wisconsin will receive federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the EHR incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported Thursday.

Acute adverse reactions from gadolinium-based contrast agents used during MRI to help improve the information seen on the images rarely occur, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

A budding whistleblower suit made public Monday exposed allegations that Boston Scientific, Abbott Laboratories and Cordis fraudulently marketed and promoted biliary stents for vascular usean action not approved by the FDA.

Besides funding, the most sought-after commodity in any healthcare setting is time. The get-it-done-yesterday environment in most facilities has CMIOs scrambling. The aggressive timelines proposed by the interim final rule and notice of proposed rule-making for meaningful use will further test health IT professionals.

The North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System has been awarded the 2010 National Quality Forum (NQF) National Quality Healthcare Award for its commitment to providing data-driven quality, transparency and patient-centered healthcare.