The ONC has released a roadmap outlining its 10-year plan to achieve nationwide interoperability. The proposal sets specific goals and priorities for the three, six and 10-year mark:

The vast majority — 98 percent — of IT employees at healthcare organizations receive additional benefits along with their salaries, according to data from a recent HIMSS compensation survey.

A private health information exchange has successfully connected to Massachusetts' statewide HIE, Mass HIway. The connection marks the first HISP-to-HISP connection for the organization.

The University of Arizona Health Network, based in Tucson, has laid off 23 employees from the network's record keeping department following the implementation of an electronic health record system, according to a report in the Arizona Daily Star.

Medytox Solutions has purchased essentially all assets of electronic health record company Globalone Information Technologies.

Decades-old regulations currently prohibit information about a patient's drug or alcohol treatment to be shared without the patient consenting to each disclosure. Now, federal officials are looking to relax these laws to enable more robust health information exchange, according to…

It was on the battlefields of Iraq that Heather Roszkowski truly learned the importance of information security.

Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown, W. Va., has implemented Agfa HealthCare's DX-D Retrofit direct radiography system in its X-ray room.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier and Dallas-based MD Buyline have extended their contract that allows Premier members to access MD Buyline's health technology assessment solutions.

In total, 14 hospitals with 25 beds or less have been recognized HIMSS Analytics' Stage 7 Award, the highest level of electronic medical record progress a hospital or health system can attain. Currently, only 171 U.S. hospitals have reached HIMSS'…