The Office of Personnel Management will be creating a health claims database, which will be used to assess and track trends and costs related to healthcare based on medical claims submitted by healthcare providers for federal employees and other individuals…

In a 2008 survey, 6.7 percent of more than 4,200 office-based physicians said they "routinely" e-mailed patients about clinical matters, according to a release by the Center for Studying Health System Change.

A study conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives suggests staffing shortages in healthcare information technology can put health IT projects at risk and become a barrier to successfully implementing electronic health records, according to a CHIME news…

TouchNet Information Systems, based in Lenexa, Kan., has announced its release of RevenueStream, a new software product designed for increased efficiency in hospital billing, according to a company news release.

A study conducted by a regional extension center in California suggests that safety-net primary care physicians that handle a majority of ethnic minority patient visits are falling behind in adoption of electronic health records, according to a Healthcare IT News…

Cintas Document Management, in conjunction with the AHIMA Convention, has released five best practices for adopting an electronic medical record system, according to a Market Watch news report.

Oregon Health Authority has released a tool for consumers to compare hospital costs, according to an Oregon state government news release.

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) announced on Friday the first wave of EMR products that have been officially certified under the ONC-ATCB program. CCHIT has tested and certified 33 electronic medical record products (EMRs) that are capable of…

The Office of the National Coordinator will be examining the privacy and security risks of using de-identified patient health records in light of concerns that the records might be able to re-identify the patients through records that are publicly available…

The Certification and Commission for Health Information Technology had tested and certified 33 electronic health record products, according to a CCHIT news release.