The Health IT Standards Committee has started work on examining the different types of information exchange functions electronic health records should have in time for stage 2 and 3 of meaningful use, according to a Government Health IT news report.

Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., has reported that a hospital computer and a television were stolen in a burglary on March 11, according to a hospital news release.

Recent findings from a Medical Group Management Association survey suggest many medical groups are facing significant challenges in meeting the new HIPAA Version 5010 electronic standards, which they must successfully implement by Jan. 1, 2012, according to an MGMA news…

Study findings suggest racial and ethnic minority patients and low-income patients have low adoption rates of personal health records, according to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

HIMSS and the Medical Group Management Association have partnered to create the Privacy & Security Toolkit for smaller provider organizations that may not have the staff or knowledge to put privacy and security safeguards in place, according to a HIMSS…

Patients who pay cash for their generic drugs may be causing their own electronic medical records to be incomplete and inaccurate, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The American Medical Association introduced its first physician app, designed specifically for physicians to quickly find CPT billing codes, according to an AMA news release.

After a final vote, Montana's Senate has agreed to keep $35 million in federal funding that would go toward helping healthcare providers transition to electronic medical records, according to a news report by The Republican.

Dozens of comments have already been posted to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's blog after the agency posted its five-year federal strategic plan and opened a public comment period.

Attestation for the Medicare electronic health record incentive program is set to begin on April 18, 2011, according to a Health Data Management news report. In order to receive incentive payments under the Medicare EHR program, eligible professional and hospitals…