Several states are rushing to establish their respective health insurance exchanges by 2014, according to various news reports.

Some Boston-area physicians are not buying into the notion that the benefits of electronic health records may outweigh costs, even though the government is offering incentive payments to healthcare providers for EHR adoption, according to a Boston Herald news report.

David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health IT, said small and rural healthcare providers should address data portability while shopping for potential electronic health record systems, according to a news report by the Kansas Health Institute.

Surgeons at Orthopedic & Sports Institute of the Fox Valley in Appleton, Wis., needed to take at least five steps before they could move total joint replacements from the hospital to its ambulatory surgery center, which is co-owned by seven…

Healthcare providers at River Park Hospital in McMinnville, Tenn., are using conversion technology to document anesthesia cases, according to a CMIO report.

The world's first intubation robot operated by remote control has been developed by researchers at McGill University Health Centre, according to a DNA report.

Starting today, eligible healthcare providers can begin the attestation process for the Medicare electronic health record incentive program, according to a Health Data Management news report.

UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco has begun rolling out a $160 million electronic health record system, according to a San Francisco Business Times news report.

New study results showed that a wound dressing containing ionic silver is able to kill several strains of highly-resistant bacteria, commonly referred to as 'superbugs,' within 48 hours, according to a news release.

The PCAST Workgroup committee members expressed some doubt at the possibility of establishing a "universal exchange language" by 2013, according to a Health Data Management news report.