Earlier this month, a final rule from HHS officially confirmed Oct. 1, 2015 as the compliance deadline for U.S. healthcare providers to begin using the ICD-10 coding system.

The following health information exchange formations and expansions were announced in the past four weeks.

The following vendor contracts were announced in the past week.

The following health IT go-lives were reported within the past week.

  In a webinar hosted by Becker's Hospital Review on July 31, a panel of experts discussed data collection efforts by national orthopedic registries as well as new solutions that make supply purchasing in the orthopedic service line more effective.

About 60 percent of acute-care hospitals in the U.S. have at least a basic electronic health record, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

CMS' final 2015 payment rule for inpatient psychiatric facilities and the prospective 2015 payment rule for skilled nursing facilities both include incentives and payment adjustments to encourage these providers to adopt electronic health records.

About 60 percent of acute-care hospitals in the U.S. have at least a basic electronic health record system, and most hospitals could meet many requirements of meaningful use stage 2. However, just 5.8 percent of hospitals could meet all 15…

Allscripts' bookings totaled $234 million during the three months ended June 30, up 9 percent from the same period last year.

According to new data from CMS, 78 hospitals have attested to meaningful use stage 2 as of August 1.