An advisory group for the Department of Health & Human Services has proposed recommendations for how healthcare organizations should establish user authentication for simple exchanges of patient information, which is required under the first stage of meaningful use, according to…

HIMSS Analytics has released data indicating that nearly one-quarter of 687 surveyed hospitals are ready to meet 10 or more of the required core measures in stage 1 of meaningful use, according to a HIMSS Analytics news release.

National Coordinator David Blumenthal, MD, is responding to specialists' concerns that the standards for meaningful use are more focused on primary care, according to an American Medical News report.

The Department of Health & Human Services has reported laptop theft as the number one cause of breaches of health information affecting more than 500 people, according to a Government Health IT news report.

iHealth Alliance, a non-profit organization made up of medical societies and liability carriers, collaborated with federal agencies and PDR Network to launch a national online system where physicians and other healthcare providers can convene to report issues related to implementation…

HIMSS has launched a new CPOE wiki that would streamline the search for CPOE information and insight, data, documents and valuable guidelines for meeting meaningful use, according to a HIMSS news release.

The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, a non-profit organization whose members include 60 medical groups and six sponsoring health plans throughout Minnesota and surrounding states, will be using a health IT solution to prevent unnecessary testing for patients, according to…

Leaders of the National Institutes of Health and its nonprofit organization Foundation for the National Institutes for Health are demonstrating their commitment to the advancement of mobile health by issuing 150 grants in 2010 for mHealth research, according to a…

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has announced it will launch a new customized electronic health record certification program for hospitals without certified EHR systems on Dec. 15, according to a CCHIT news release.

A report published by financial advisory firm Marlin & Associates suggests companies in the healthcare information technology market will merge and consolidate into healthcare IT "mega firms" or "superstores" in the near future, according to a company news release.