The ONC has responded to criticism from Republican lawmakers over a proposed health IT safety center, asserting the agency does have the authority to create a non-regulatory body under the HITECH Act.

About 96 percent of primary care physicians in Massachusetts have adopted an electronic health record system, according to a new report from the Massachusetts eHealth Institute.

According to a recent survey from HIMSS, about one-third of healthcare organizations reported putting at least one IT project on hold last year due to lack of staff, and 43 percent said an under-qualified talent pool was the biggest obstacle…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is tracking the safety of drugs, biologics and medical devices through the Sentinel Initiative, a pilot program that mines billing codes to predict adverse drug events, according to an NPR report.

Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego has updated its cybersecurity safeguards after a data breach in June compromised the protected health information of more than 20,000 patients, according to a Times of San Diego report.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Westport, Conn.-based Canaan Partners, a healthcare and technology venture capital firm, have invested a total of approximately $4 million in a new digital imaging platform service, according to a VentureBeat report.

The clinical information systems market is the fastest growing segment within the North American healthcare cloud market, according to a Research and Markets report.

The following health IT accelerators and incubators have recently announced new classes of startup companies.

More than three-fourths of health IT consultants are satisfied with their current position compared with 64 percent of full-time health IT employees, according to a new survey from staffing and consulting firm Healthcare IT Leaders.

A growing number of physicians are either refusing to participate in the meaningful use program or are dropping out after stage 1, according to a new survey from Medscape.