PROVIDENCE, R.I.Working through internal challenges was a difficult feat for Care New England Health System, a 643-bed, 6,878-employee system spanning the state of Rhode Island. However, creating a project management office and implementing staff training led to overall cost savings, employees from the health system said during a May 7 presentation at the HIMSS New England (NEHIMSS) chapter conference.

Despite declines in tobacco use, researchers forecast that rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in China will swell by over one half by 2030 due to the aging population and raised rates of comorbidities, according to a study published May 4 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality Outcomes.

Health IT company NovaRad has expanded its client base in Louisiana, as two clinics and a hospital have completed an installation of NovaPACS.

As baby boomers age and the incidence rates of chronic diseases grow, the impetus to implement remote monitoring services to save overhead costs and time will continue to grow.

Atherotech, which developed the VAP Cholesterol Test, now offers personalized lifestyle education and compliance strategies at no additional cost to patients who have undergone the test.

Increasing the use of quality measurement as part of EHR systems is critical to achieving meaningful use of health IT and would allow for a more complete reflection of care processes and patient outcomes, the American College of Physicians (ACP) reported at its annual meeting in Toronto.

In reaction to the healthcare reform bill passed by President Barack Obama, an initial response survey from healthcare staffing company AMN Healthcare suggests that the majority of healthcare executives are pessimistic about the reforms effects on their facilities and believe healthcare reform will create more patient demand for services, creating a need for more clinicians.

The assessment of U.S. 50-top hospitals, annually ranked by U.S. News & World Report, are based on subjective interpretations, rather than quality. These subjective reputations have very little association to objective quality measures among the top 50 hospitals, according to a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.