After a decade marked by decreases in Hospital Professional Liability
claims, the frequency of claims is on the rise and is expected to
continue increasing at a one percent annual rate, according to a study
released today by Aon
Corporation in conjunction with the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management.

Epocrates, Inc. today announced the availability of its most popular
premium clinical software suite, Epocrates®
Essentials, for BlackBerry® smartphones from Research In Motion

The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation’s
5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the
nation’s best hospitals and all others.

Patients in the United States with limited English proficiency (LEP)
continue to face language barriers that threaten their health and
undermine their well-being.

LiveData, Inc., a leader in real-time data integration and display, has
been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from
the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
(TATRC).

HIMSS and co-sponsor,American Society for Quality, introduce Stories of Success! case study program to share quality and patient safety improvement success stories.

Within3 announced that the
American College of Gastroenterology will become the first
medical society to extend its Annual Scientific Meeting to a year-round
forum by creating a Within3 online collaborative community for its
11,000 members.

Motion Computing®, a leading provider of integrated mobile computing
solutions, and Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that
Corning’s Gorilla™ glass has been added to Motion’s most rugged
offerings.

American Society for Quality is offering a three-part “on-demand”
webinar series that spotlights one healthcare organizations’ use of the
Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Criteria to drive
organizational transformation.

McKesson has unveiled a powerful new health information  management
(HIM) tool to centralize and simplify the electronic release of patient
records.