The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has selected five health systems to help test whether clinical decision support systems result in appropriate use of imaging services, according to an American Medical News report. The two-year demonstration will include physician…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be surveying approximately 5,500 physicians to assess their adoption of electronic health records and the impact they have made on patient care, according to a Federal Register announcement.

The personal and medical records of 1.7 million patients, staff members, contractors and vendors have been stolen from New York City hospitals, including Jacobi Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital and two clinics, according to a New York Times news…

The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new web portal providing important health and healthcare indicator data to support innovations in information technology, according to an HHS news release.

David Blumenthal, MD, national health IT coordinator, says healthcare providers should not use any excuses, including studies casting a negative light on the effect of electronic health records, to delay the implementation of EHRs, according to a Government Health IT…

Recent surveys conducted of venture capitalists and providers indicate both groups see 2011 as a big year for healthcare information technology.

The Department of Health & Human Services has submitted a proposed final rule for the accounting of disclosures of electronic health records, according to an update by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

Right now, interoperability is a topic of much discussion among hospitals, health systems, systems providers and the government. As the industry heads into the first stage of meaningful use, key role players are scrambling to get a grasp around what…

Even though the final requirements for stage 2 and 3 of meaningful use are yet to be released, the preliminary recommendations made by the Health Information Technology Policy Committee's meaningful use workgroup give a strong hint to what those later…

The Department of Health & Human Services will be allocating $750 million toward investments in prevention and public health, according to an HHS news release.