St. Jude Medical has reported double-digit increase of sales and net earnings for the second quarter, which ended July 3.
Written by Justine Cadet
DENVER—The six-week-old healthcare reform legislation aroused a heated debate between former Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., NPR journalist Juan Williams and physicians Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, and Richard I. Fogel, MD, who discussed government involvement and the questions that remain about quality measures within clinical practice, during the opening plenary session of the 31st annual conference of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) on May 13.
According to the 13th annual Department of Justice (DoJ) Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program report for fiscal year 2009, the federal government won or negotiated approximately $1.63 billion in judgments and settlements and U.S. Attorneys' offices opened 1,014 new criminal healthcare fraud investigations involving 1,786 potential defendants.
Written by Kaitlyn Dmyterko
As baby boomers age and the incidence rates of chronic diseases grow, the impetus to implement remote monitoring services to save overhead costs and time will continue to grow.
ScottCare, a non-invasive cardiology device developer, has launched its TeleSentry multi-parameter ambulatory monitoring capability for integration into its CardioView Dx suite--a cardiovascular diagnostic technology.
Written by Gina Narcisi
QATLANTA - Originally piloted two years ago as the Improving Continuous Cardiac Care IC3 registry, the recently rebranded PINNACLE registry is the first and only ambulatory registry for cardiovascular conditions in this country, noted William Oetgen, MD, clinical associate professor of medicine at Georgetown University, at the 59th annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual conference on March 16.
St. Jude Medical has reported strong year-over-year and 2009 fourth quarter net income.
Kaiser Permanente has received 22 grants worth more than $54 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
Three-dimensional rotational atriography overlay is a new imaging method with reduced radiation exposure that may replace pre-procedural CT scans for catheter navigation and atrial fibrillation ablation, according to a study in the February issue of HeartRhythm.
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“We’re beginning a revolution the way information is collected, managed, used and purposed for patients in the U.S. healthcare system,” said David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, in opening remarks at an audioconference training session on meaningful use and EHR certification last week.
In Part 1 of our closer look at the final rules for meaningful use and EHR certification standards, CMIO’s Jeff Byers spoke with David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. In Part 2, CMIOs weigh in with mixed reviews.
The framework for meaningful use is “something that had to be done and has been started intelligently,” John P. Glaser, PhD, vice president and CIO of Partners HealthCare System told CMIO. However, the challenges of becoming meaningful users and optimizing health information exchange will require unprecedented levels of communication within organizations and among healthcare systems, he said.
The contractual obligations in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules under the HITECH Act for business associates and downstream entities are game changers, according to Amy S. Leopard, JD, from Walter and Haverfield, during a webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Standardizing performance measures, with the help of health IT, will make it possible to collect the right data at the right time to support performance measurement, clinical decision support, clinical research and quality improvement, said Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, president and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF) during a webinar hosted by the forum on June 17.