Enterprise software developer Autonomy has made available the Autonomy Meaning Based Healthcare (MBH) platform; a set of clinical diagnosis and information governance technologies designed to help healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) provide care.

Sixty percent of doctors do not believe its acceptable to cover up or avoid revealing a mistake if that mistake would not cause harm to the patient, according to a report from WebMD Health on doctors attitudes on medical ethical issues.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has released a new computerized physician order entry (CPOE) wiki to bring data, documents and valuable guidelines on meeting and exceeding meaningful use into one location.

Data breaches of patient information cost healthcare organizations in the U.S. nearly $6 billion annually, and many breaches go undetected, according to a released report from privacy and information management research firm Ponemon Institute.

The American Medical Association (AMA) has adopted a new policy on professionalism when using social media. The policy, announced during the AMA's semi-annual policymaking meeting in San Diego, aims to help physicians maintain a positive online presence and preserve the integrity of the patient-physician relationship.

An electronic message sent to physicians the moment they ordered a blood test for elderly patients reduced unnecessary use of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism testing that commonly produce false-positive results for the elderly, according to a paper published in the November edition of American Journal of Managed Care.

Health IT company Epocrates has teamed up with Covisint, a Compuware company, to help medical professionals receive reimbursements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) program.

Launched in April, the iPad continues to make waves across the world. Technophiles, teenagers and grandmas alike love the iPad, which has been touted as the tool to mobilize business users. Apple has sold about 8 million, with many physicians among those who have been bitten by the iPad bug.