RAND has released a comprehensive literature review prepared for the ONC on the impact of meaningful use functionalities on healthcare quality, safety and efficiency.

As the deadline for ICD-10 conversion approaches, providers face a variety of potential challenges and concerns, from clinical documentation improvement to the transition's impact on productivity.

Anesthesia Business Consultants provide 9 steps to prevent health data breaches in a recent blog post.

"Technology advances are enabling the creation, capture and retention of more data and information, from more sources every minute of the day," says Deborah Green, COO and executive vice president of the American Health Information Management Association. "Beyond the need…

A Florida Senate committee Wednesday approved a version of a bill that would expand state residents' access to telemedicine, but limit telemedicine providers to in-state physicians.

Just 4 percent of healthcare organizations do not involve clinicians in IT projects, according to the 25th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey.

Twenty-four members of the House of Representatives have written a letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, MD, urging them to include requirements in meaningful use stage 3 that would reduce healthcare disparities…

Skagit County in Washington state has agreed to a settlement of $215,000 following a 2011 breach of residents' protected health information, according to a report in the Seattle Times.

Avnet Technology Solutions has been named the first Certified Educator of HIMSS Analytics' new DELTA-Powered Analytics Assessment maturity model.

  Considerations for developing health IT with patients in mind.