While India-based IT firms have had success outsourcing for U.S. drugmakers and insurers, they still need to convince U.S. hospitals to sign up for electronic health records systems, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has filed a lawsuit against Indianapolis-based health insurance company WellPoint following a data breach that occurred earlier this year and affected more than 32,000 Hoosiers, according to a news release by the Indiana Attorney General's…

The American Medical Association and Press Ganey Associates have teamed up to create and provide a web-based tool for physicians that will measure patient satisfaction, according to a Press Ganey news release.

The fervor and buzz around electronic health records is mounting as federal legislation threatens fines for non-compliance by 2016. Ironically, the EHR adoption rate for medical practices remains relatively low, especially among practices with fewer than 50 physician providers.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking for quality measures to use for a "Physician Compare" website it will launch by Jan. 1, 2011, enabling consumers to research and compare physicians, according to a Government Health IT news…

The Department of Health & Human Services will award "Early Innovators" grants to states that demonstrate a rapid movement toward implementing statewide health insurance exchanges for consumers, according to an HHS news release.

The Office of the National Coordinator will begin testing clinical information exchanges between healthcare providers using NHIN Direct by late December or early January, according to a Government Healthcare IT report.

The New York Department of Health and the New York eHealth Collaborative have submitted a plan to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to create the country's largest electronic medical records network, according to a NYeC…

Mergers and acquisitions are being largely driven by clinical integration through healthcare information technology, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

A recent report published by the Healthcare Performance Management Institute analyzed how healthcare organizations are using social media to achieve improved patient outcomes while reducing operational costs of care, according to an HPMI news release.