Editor's note: This blog was written by Kerri Hatt, managing editor/web editor for ADVANCE for Administrators of the Laboratory.

According to a survey released by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), greater collaboration between lab professionals and infection preventionists may hold the key to more ...

It's hard enough to work in an environment where there's some uncertainty-perhaps regarding job security, technology implementations and effects and the like. Today, however, there's monumental vagueness or doubts on a host of issues directly impacting healthcare, including the Budget Control ...

Small hospitals and ACOs. Healthcare spending consuming state budgets. And how can CEOs manage bloggers' perceptions? Check out this week's Twitter list, and be sure to follow Executive Insight by going to @ExecInsight!

Vala Afshar Enterprise mobility is one of CIOs top initiatives in ...

Impending reimbursement reductions and uncertainty around the potential impact of health reform could be leading to more conservative hospital capital budget expenditures, according to a survey published in the Premier healthcare alliance's spring 2012Economic Outlook.

Sixty-five percent of the 730 survey respondents indicated that capital budget expenditures for 2012 remained flat or increased ...

If you attended this year's HIMSS conference (and even if you didn't), held Feb. 20-24 in Las Vegas, you could assume from the sheer volume of bodies that attendance broke records. And it did: 36,531.

Here are other fun facts from HIMSS 2012, courtesy of a new HIMSS infographic:

Hotels booked: 16

Room ...

One day early (bonus)! Docs, consumers and EHR, health insurance stock outlook, and how to create a great infographic. Check out this week's Twitter list, and be sure to follow Executive Insight by going to @ExecInsight!

Don Fluckinger As more docs ...

Although the FDA has good intentions, it is often scrutinized for the amount of time it takes to review submissions, approve clinical trials and the like. And today is no exception. Expertbriefings.com released an article, "How the FDA Stifles New Cures, Part 1: The Rising Cost of Clinical ...

Editor's note: This blog was written by Sharlene George, co-editor of ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals.

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Hospitals continue to find it challenging to evaluate the performance of their practitioners and improve the quality of the care they deliver. It is a problem that can be linked to a breakdown in the peer ...

With Rick Santorum's departure in the political race, Mitt Romney and President Obama are in a tight sprint, according to this morning's New York Times. Says the article, "Mitt Romney has solidified support within his party for the presidential nomination ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded National Government Services Inc. a $111 million contract to support the Next Generation Desktop (NGD) for the next five years.

NGD ...

The 3 traits shared by successful HIEs. The ICD-10 delay. Advertising to patients. Find out what other trends your colleagues were watching, and be sure to follow Executive Insight by going to @ExecInsight!

Harry Greenspun, MD What are 3 traits shared ...

Recently, the stock market has taken a hit from the less-than-stellar unemployment rate. While there's been some jobs added in March, the numbers weren't what analysts expected. However, it wasn't so long ago that stocks responded to positive news (January and February hiring reports, for example). ...

Editor's note: This blog was written by Craig K. Collins, president and CEO of Perminova Inc., La Jolla, CA.

One weekend afternoon last fall, a burglar broke into an office and stole some computer equipment. That fairly commonplace crime resulted in one of the biggest patient health data breaches in history. Probably without knowing it, the thief snatched a computer whose hard drive contained more than ...

As noted in the Knowledge@Wharton's Health Economics summary, according to David Jones, Jr., chairman and managing ...