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The patient experience will be transformed by the onset of ICD-10.

Riverside hospitals is among the first in the nation to attest to being meaningful users of health IT, making them eligible for millions of dollars in incentive funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Five health systems in April announced an initiative to securely exchange electronic health data with each other to improve patient care.

Deployments are not without hiccups, such as staff and patient buy-in

FDA initiative taps into electronic records to uncover potential problems

Hospitals weigh the pros and cons of waiting to seek incentive dollars

Ad­vanced care planning, enhanced self-care, telemedicine and informatics are all necessary to make accountable care a reality.

At the Health Forum and the American Hospital Association Leadership Summit July 17-19 in San Diego, some of the nation's brightest thinkers on leadership and health care will come together to discuss delivery-system transformation.

Web-based materials management saves money, aids in contract talks and even helps boost quality of care

Effective health IT systems need institutional support to thrive.