Mike Miliard
Mike Miliard is Executive Editor of Healthcare IT News. He focuses on topics such as interoperability, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, analytics, population health and patient experience and is responsible for overall coverage decisions.
11:05 am
February 18, 2010
David E. Garets, president and CEO of HIMSS Analytics, says that while there's certainly still a long way to go, providers across the country "are making significant progress in a whole bunch of places" in the implementation and effective use of healthcare IT.
10:49 am
February 17, 2010
Purdue University has been given $12 million in funding which will be put towards its efforts to help foster the adoption and implementation of healthcare IT.
09:24 am
February 17, 2010
Like everywhere, Detroit has been hit hard by this recession - only much, much worse. But thanks to a clever idea from a local staffing firm, Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan saved 1,000 of its IT jobs from going offshore.
11:00 am
February 15, 2010
Concord Hospital, the New Hampshire regional medical center, has chosen Orion Health's Rhapsody Integration Engine to be the new platform to migrate and manage message exchange for their health information system (HIS).
03:51 pm
February 12, 2010
Xerox has announced its acquisition of Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services. This merger will accelerate Xerox's growth in the expanding business process and document management market.
11:01 am
February 12, 2010
NaviNet, the country's largest real-time healthcare communications network, will partner with major health insurers in New Jersey for a pilot program in which a multi-payer portal will serve as a "one-stop shop" for physicians in the state to communicate directly with an array of health plans.
03:44 pm
February 10, 2010
Stressing the benefits of early action - and illustrating just how much farther ahead in adoption Massachusetts is than many other parts of the country - two significant local users of healthcare IT offered insights from their experiences in Boston on Tuesday.
11:34 am
February 09, 2010
Speaking in Boston Tuesday at the Healthcare Stimulus Exchange Roadshow, Vish Sankaran, director for the Federal Health Architecture Program, outlined his vision for the government's role in promoting broader healthcare IT adoption via the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).
11:13 am
February 08, 2010
Philips Telehealth Solutions has been chosen to provide telehealth monitors to SunCrest Healthcare, a Madison, Tenn.-based provider of home health, companion care, and therapy.
06:00 am
February 05, 2010
Capsule has announced the release of its low acuity application, a key component of their Enterprise Device Connectivity Solution, enabled by the Capsule Neuron platform.
