A 21% cut in Medicare reimbursement will go into effect March 1, after the Senate failed to pass a bill to stop the cuts.
But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a guidance just hours after the Senate adjourned for the weekend that buys doctors some more time.
“We believe Congress [...]

Many MANY of our readers and followers are attending HIMSS this year. Several folks have volunteered to take videos of the experiences and festivities for me as I am not able to attend this year. We are looking for vendor discussions and descriptions of their applications. We are looking for a couple of [...]

The good folks over at Horizon Watching have put together a list of the “Top 50 CIO and IT Leaders in the Social Media”.
The top 50 include folks from the ATF, Amazon.com, Harvard, and many other high reaching organizations.
HealthTechnica’s own Shawn Riley is ranked #9 on the top 50 list.
I am honored to be thought [...]

This week my wife is enjoying a winter horse logging camp in Stillwater, Minnesota. She has called me a couple of times to tell me that she is having a ton of fun.
Last year about this time she was having a whole different type of fun.
About 3am my wife woke me with a scream and [...]

The following was released by Mayo Clinic this week.
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Today, we are announcing the results of a new Mayo Clinic economic impact study, which was conducted by the Battelle Technology Partnership Practice, an independent nonprofit research and development organization. We have done site-based studies before, but this is the first enterprise-wide look at our impact. [...]

Physicians, please give us some insight as to what type of phones you are using. We are looking for a sample to pass on to Health IT folks across the US.
Thank you for voting!

Submitted by reader James
Administration officials today announced that Minnesota will get at least $47 million of the nearly $1 billion in stimulus funding meant to boost the use of health information technology and train workers for jobs in health care, information technology, and other high-growth sectors.
“Health information technology can make our health care system more [...]

“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.”
- Helen Keller

This message comes from the folks of HeartMath.  They have a very interesting program to help you calm yourself in very stressful health care environments.