By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer November 20, 2009 A federal health information technology advisory panel heard a whole day of testimony on the state of data security, and, not surprisingly, the testimony reflected the findings in a recent spate of public reports: Data... ... FULL STORY
November 20, 2009 Earlier today HITS subscribers accidently received a HITS Alert from Nov. 19 rather than today's issue of HITS. We apologize for the error. Thank you. ... FULL STORY
November 20, 2009 In response to Shawn Rhea's "Radiologists criticize new mammogram guidelines":The government, the media and insurance companies keep... ... FULL STORY
By Melanie Evans / HITS staff writer November 20, 2009 Charles W. McCall, former CEO of HBO & Co. and chairman of McKesson Corp., was found guilty by a federal jury of securities fraud and circumventing internal accounting controls. McCall, 65, was acquitted on one count of... ... FULL STORY
By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer November 20, 2009 Claims that health information technology will help the hospital industry cut costs are unsupported by facts, at least based on how computers have been used thus far, according to research to be published today. ... FULL STORY
By Shawn Rhea / HITS staff writer November 20, 2009 The Food and Drug Administration has issued 22 warning letters to operators of international Internet pharmacies for the sale of misbranded or unapproved drugs to U.S. consumers, according to a news release. ... FULL STORY
By Associated Press November 19, 2009 Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that health insurer Health Net lost financial, health and personal information of nearly 450,000 state residents and failed to inform consumers for six months. ... FULL STORY
By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer November 19, 2009 Hospitals and physicians have a little more than 13 months to buy, implement and demonstrate that they can “meaningfully use” an electronic health-record system to be ready for the first “payment... ... FULL STORY
By Jean DerGurahian / HITS staff writer November 19, 2009 William Gerraughty Jr. was promoted to chief operating officer in addition to his role as chief financial officer at Sparta Systems. ... FULL STORY
By Jean DerGurahian / HITS staff writer November 19, 2009 HHS awarded Computer Sciences Corp. a contract to compete on various information technology task orders. ... FULL STORY
By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer November 18, 2009 What's next for Mark Leavitt? Think of lasagna.Leavitt said he'll turn 60 in mid-March and wants to be out of the job by the end of the month, and then he'll add what he describes as another layer to his career while... ... FULL STORY
November 18, 2009 In response to Jean DerGurahian's "HIMSS going to Vegas for 2012 conference":The reason the members chose Las Vegas... ... FULL STORY
By Shawn Rhea / HITS staff writer November 18, 2009 The American College of Radiology has criticized a new set of breast cancer screening recommendations from a federal advisory board that suggest... ... FULL STORY
By Shawn Rhea / HITS staff writer November 18, 2009 Minneapolis-based devicemaker Medtronic has received a Food and Drug Administration warning letter regarding an August 2009 inspection of the company's cardiac-rhythm-device production facilities in Mounds View, Minn. ... FULL STORY
By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer November 17, 2009 The Health Information Trust Alliance, commonly known as HITrust, a consortium of health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, information technology vendors and data-miners formed to address health IT security issues, has... ... FULL STORY
By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer November 17, 2009 So far, about 180 federal officials and representatives from a host of private organizations have registered to convene on the campus of Portland (Ore.) State University later this week for a two-day ... FULL STORY
