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A "mediasphere" dominated by tweets and soundbites indicates a growing need for analytics and analysis.

Editorial Outlook and Preview 2011

Harnessing clinical data to advance patient care is seen as the ultimate goal

IT news from around the health care industry.

After decades of false starts, technologies and policies finally converge to let providers share data

As physicians are faced with orienting income prospects around individual patient health and managing chronic conditions, astute organizations will see to it that the HIE network they form or join will facilitate communitywide access to information.

Research into the adoption of electronic health records illustrates the ingredients necessary for successful adoption.

A successful accountable care organization must have electronic health records and some degree of interoperability among its information systems.

In this month's news round up, a new reports states that information technology improves health care efficiency, quality and access.

Enthusiastic executives engage physicians and staff in IT decisions to improve quality of care and financial performance.