The Wisconsin Integrated Information Technology & Telemedicine Systems has installed TeraMedica's Evercore.

For large-scale adverse events affecting tens or thousands of patients, is disclosure ethical if patients are unlikely to have been physically harmed by the event but could be harmed psychologically by the disclosure? An interview with the lead author of a recent study examined the ethics of reporting events.

Little correlation was found between mortality rates and costs for seven of the most common diagnoses, and researchers said that healthcare expenditures may in fact provide inconsistent value, according to the results of a study published in the September issue of Health Affairs.

Wayne State University Physician Group, a Detroit-based nonprofit, multi-specialty physician practice group, has selected Orion Healths Rhapsody Integration Engine to help create an exchange of clinical and demographic data among hospitals, medical centers and physicians' offices.

About 17 percent of all visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) across the U.S. could be treated at retail medical clinics or urgent care centers, potentially saving $4.4 billion annually in healthcare costs, according to a RAND Corporation study published in the September edition of Health Affairs.

The Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) and Maestro Strategies have joined forces to create CMIO Advisors, which will seek to assist CMIOs in embracing their roles in various provider settings.

Mayo Regional Hospital, a critical-access hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, has selected Sage North America Healthcare Divisions Sage Intergy EHR system.

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, has entered into an agreement with Mount Kisco Medical Group to deploy NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Practice Management and the NextGen Patient Portal.