> Mitochon Systems, provider of a free electronic health record to physician practices, earned complete ambulatory EHR certification from the Drummond Group, making it the first free EHR vendor to do so, the company announced. Press release
> Healthcare practice Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey put together a list of eight "must-know facts" about the recently released proposed accountable care organization regulations, which associate David E. Kopans then summed up for our very own Hospital Impact. Blog post
> Cloud-based electronic health record vendor athenahealth named Dr. Atul Gawande the first ever recipient of its Vision Award for "making healthcare work as it should." Announcement
> Graduates of the ONC Health IT Workforce Development Program now can post their resumes and access open positions for potential employers via the HIMSS JobMine website, reports Health Data Management. Brief
> The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) just released its first mobile app, Cancer.Net Mobile, for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Patients can use the free app to manage their cancer treatment and even communicate with physicians, according to association officials. The app covers 120 cancer types. FierceMobileHealthcare
And Finally... So much for pain relief. Article