The majority of patients — 83 percent — expect hospitals to use electronic health records, but only 53 percent said they trust the safety and security of EHRs, according to a poll by Morning Consult.

Healthcare Informatics magazine has released its 100 Top Health IT Companies for 2014.

Miami Children's Hospital has partnered with Boris Clinic, the largest private hospital in Ukraine, to offer the Floridian hospital's global telemedicine program services — MCH Anywhere.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC has notified all 62,000 of its employees that hackers may have accessed and stolen their personal information from the hospital's payroll system, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.

Nearly half (49 percent) of hospital executives say their largest capital investment over the coming year will be in health IT. Despite this heavy investment, many hospital leaders are not satisfied with their IT systems, particularly their electronic health record…

HIMSS Analytics has recognized six hospitals that have reached stage 6 on its Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model.

The University of Arizona Health Network, based in Tucson, is reporting almost $30 million in losses during the first eight months of the fiscal year. Hospital officials point to a recent installation of an Epic electronic health record system as…

During a May 27 meeting of the meaningful use workgroup of the Health IT Policy Committee, several vendor representatives explained their concerns about the current meaningful use timeline and requirements.

A new t-shirt from Intel is able to monitor the wearer's heart rate and send that data wirelessly to a smartphone or other device, according to a report in The New York Times.

As much of the agency's original HITECH Act funding expires, the ONC will refocus its efforts on key priorities and reshuffle staff into a smaller number of departments.