As the number of HIPAA violations increase, health IT consumers and providers should be extra aware of the potential penalties if one is found in violation of the privacy law.

The number of reported HIPAA violations is on the rise. HHS' Office for Civil Rights received 10,454 HIPAA violation complaints in 2012, the highest number of complaints to that point, according to the OCR's latest Annual Report to Congress on…

Because the digital transformation has happened so quickly in healthcare, many providers are still operating and planning under false impressions of what consumers expect in terms of technology and what the future technological landscape will look like.

Earlier this year, the ONC, the Federal Communications Commission and the Food and Drug Administration have released a proposed strategy and framework for the regulation of health IT products. The proposed regulatory strategy would divide health IT products into three categories with…

Medicity and Informatics Corporation of America are the first two vendors to complete Healthway's health information exchange product testing program and become validated vendors.

By 2012, about 90 percent of federally qualified health centers had an electronic health record system. However, just a third of FQHCs had an EHR that met core meaningful use stage 1 requirements, according to a study in Health Affairs.

In response to the Food and Drug Administration's proposed framework for the regulation of health IT products, National Nurses United is calling on CMS to halt the meaningful use program to stop the rapid adoption of a technology the national…

  The American Hospital Association's magazine, Hospitals & Health Networks, has recognized hospitals and health systems across the country for their exemplary use of health IT.

Cincinnati-based St. Elizabeth Physicians has started offering consultations with primary care physicians through an online forum, according to a Cincinnati Business Courier report.

HIMSS, in collaboration with the National Association of County and City Health Officials, has released a toolkit for public health departments to better understand health information exchanges.