WellCare Health Plans posted a net loss of $128.9 million for the second quarter of 2010, which ended June 30, compared with a net income of $37 million for the second quarter of 2009, partly due to a combined $334 million in settlement payments related to a $40 million pattern of reimbursement fraud in contracts for federal-funded healthcare programs from 2002-2007.

Information on adverse events, medical errors and ways to prevent them in Washington hospitals and facilities is now online on a recently uploaded website where errors are reported by medical facilities and tracked by the state health department to improve patient safety and care at hospitals and facilities across the state, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

Graham W. S. Scott, CM, QC, has been appointed Chair of Canada Health Infoway's board of directors.

Entrada has released eDictate, a mobile application for clinics, hospitals and surgery centers that extends automated clinical documentation processes to iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices.

Egged on by initiatives unleashed by the Chinese government and regulatory authorities, the healthcare IT market in China has witnessed strong growth, according to a report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

Last month, cardiac CT experts from around the globe gathered at SCCT2010 in Las Vegas to exchange ideas and information about clinical advances in CCTA. The compelling clinical data shared at the meeting complemented promising research about the economics of advanced visualization in the cardiac arena.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded $5.75 million in federal matching funds across six states and the District of Columbia for state planning activities to implement the EHR incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Federal District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled that the Commonwealth of Virginia has standing to bring its lawsuit seeking to invalidate the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and denied the federal governments motion to dismiss the commonwealths suit.