The first large-scale health record bank has been launched in Phoenix, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

A survey released by Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based electronic health record provider, showed that only 16 percent of surveyed physicians referred patients electronically and a larger majority of physicians are far more likely to refer patients over the phone,…

EDIMS, a Livingston, N.J.-based provider of interoperable emergency department information systems for hospitals, has received pre-market certification as an emergency department electronic health record system and full certification as an EHR module by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology,…

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Florida's AvMed Health Plans insurance company following a data breach that compromised the personal medical data of approximately 1.2 million patients, according to a news release by Edelson McGuire, a legal firm…

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.