Hospital and health system CIOs earn an average base salary of $208,417, according to a 2013 survey from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.

 Last month, Rep. Phil Gingrey, MD (R-Ga.) blasted electronic health record giant Epic during a hearing on technology and healthcare hosted by the Subcommittees on Communications and Technology and Health, saying the platform is not interoperable.

The following providers have gone live on an electronic health record system in the past two months.

Stanford (Calif.) Medicine's new two-year clinical informatics fellowship, which will lead to informatics certification for physicians who complete the program, is the first in the nation to be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Spending bill continues trend of banning unique patient identifiers.

CPSI, a vendor of electronic health record systems for small, rural and critical access hospitals, saw its net income increase 7.3 percent in the second quarter of 2014, rising to $9.1 million.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives has launched a new professional organization for executives in information security-focused roles.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin has begun offering members access to telemedicine physician consults for non-emergent conditions.

  The Food and Drug Administration has made public its plans to regulate some genetic diagnostic tests developed in laboratories and used to guide treatment decisions for patients.

The following data breaches were reported in the past two weeks.