Information Technology news and information

Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, Calif., is laying the groundwork for its next big advances in information technology.
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URAC, a Washington-based healthcare measurement and accreditation organization, has named Kylanne Green president and CEO, effective July 22. Green succeeds Alan Spielman, who left his post Feb. 15 after serving as president and CEO since 2005. Green, a nurse practitioner, previously...
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Modern Healthcare's Washington bureau chief Jessica Zigmond talks with Dr. Susan Turney, president and CEO of the MGMA-ACMPE.
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The House Appropriations Committee this week marked $344 million for the development of an electronic health-record system that would allow the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments to share the same information.
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Quest Diagnostics, a Madison, N.J.-based provider of diagnostic information services, has acquired medical center operator Concentra's toxicology and clinical laboratory business and agreed to serve as Concentra's primary provider of workplace drug toxicology and clinical laboratory testing.
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Atlanta-based Streamline Health Solutions, which provides SaaS-based healthcare information technology services for hospitals and physician groups, has promoted its VP of financial planning, Nicholas Meeks, to senior VP and CFO, effective May 22.
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Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would create a pilot program to offer behavioral health services to children through computer technology.
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The chairmen of two House Ways and Means subcommittees this week pressed HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to address privacy concerns regarding workers who will help consumers buy health coverage through state insurance exchanges.
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Nurses at Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, Calif., have asked administrators to put implementation of a new computerized physician order entry system on hold until glitches can be worked out and more training provided to nurses and doctors who use it.
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Ben Chodor resigned in April as CEO of Happtique, a healthcare mobile application marketplace owned by a subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Association, but remains with the company.
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