The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a proposed rule to establish data collection standards to implement aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Source: J Nucl Med 2012;53(6):872-880PET response criteria in solid tumors (PERCIST) provided an independent predictor of outcomes among patients with esophageal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is seeking nominations to the Health Information Technology Standards Committee and Health Information Technology Policy Committee.

The U.S. House of Representatives has reauthorized the Medical Device User Fee & Modernization Act, and done so with a resoundingly bipartisan 387 to five vote.

In response to a confidential hotline allegation, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General has issued its report evaluating whether the VAs approach for information system certification and storing sensitive data on Apple mobile devices circumvents information security requirements.

Continuous studies on the impact of e-prescribing are crucial, according to a commentary published in the American Health Information Management Association's online research journal, Perceptions in Health Information Management.

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy has been shown to improve survival among patients with esophageal or esophagogastric-junction cancer, supporting the role of neoadjuvant treatment for those with potentially curable disease, according to a study published May 31 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed the launch of Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) prepayment audits, yet again. CMS has vowed to give physicians 30 days' notice prior to the program's start.