TeleTracking Technologies, a Pittsburgh-based company that provides automated solutions for patient flow, recently joined the American Hospital Association, according to a company news release.

The Health IT Policy Committee is considering putting off new stage 2 electronic health record functionality measures for one full year in order to give health IT vendors and healthcare providers time to develop and implement the software needed to…

Singing River Health System, based in Ocean Springs, Miss., has asked Jackson County for a $37.5 million loan in order to comply with President Obama's mandates, including implementing an electronic health record system, according to a Mississippi Press news report.

A new CMS final rule increases federal funding for states to develop and improve electronic Medicaid and CHIP enrollment systems.

Fairview Health Services, based in Minneapolis, has begun notifying approximately 1,200 patients whose medical and billing records went missing during a move to a new office, according to a Star Tribune news report.

Although data security is essential to the protection and privacy of electronic medical records, security requirements may make it difficult for healthcare providers and patients to access critical information, according to a Chicago Tribune news report.

A third of respondents to a quarterly survey of healthcare CIOs say they expect their organizations will qualify for stimulus funding within the first year of a federal program for implementing electronic health records, according to a CHIME news release.

The American College of Surgeons is launching an online community to support thousands of U.S. surgeons who practice in sparsely populated areas.

Personal pay stub data of some UMass Memorial Healthcare employees was exposed to unauthorized access for five months during a computer access breach, according to a Telegram & Gazette report.

Although nearly 80 percent of ambulatory providers that have purchased an electronic medical record are confident they will qualify for meaningful use in 2011, a closer look at their implemented functionalities reveals most providers still have significant holes to fill,…