The Central Oregon Independent Practice Association has merged its electronic health record subsidiary, Central Oregon Electronic Medical Records, with OCHIN, a national HIT organization headquartered in Portland, according to a news release.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has announced plans to launch an electronic health record offering — Sutter Community Connect — to qualified physicians in independent practice, according to a health system news release.

A new Medical Group Management Association report suggests although a majority of medical practices have adopted an electronic health record in preparation for meaningful use incentive payments, only a small portion are ready to meet the required 15 core criteria,…

MidState Medical Center in Meriden, Conn., announced an employee of Hartford Hospital has been dismissed following an investigation into the employee's improper transfer of 93,500 MidState patients' information to a personal hard drive, according to a Hartford Courant news report.

Five leading health systems have formed the Care Connectivity Consortium to securely exchange electronic health data, with the first data exchange planned in the next year, according to a joint news release by the health systems.

Darrel Saldanha, MD, won first place in the airway category at the Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conference, according to a University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago news release.

Sen. Sheila Leslie (D-Nev.) said five bills focused on increased hospital transparency will most likely move forward after the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Human Services holds one more meeting before making final recommendations, according to a Las Vegas Sun…

Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, president of HCA's Clinical and Physician Services Group and company CMO, and Noel Williams, president of HCA's Information Technology & Services and senior vice president and chief information officer, were recently recognized as leaders in health…

A new Urban Institute report outlines four rationales for why multi-state exchanges, an option under the new healthcare reform law, are established.

Physicians and nurses at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis are able to closely monitor intensive care patients at nearly a dozen other rural hospitals across four states, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch news report. From a…