The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has awarded a $989,000 contract to The Institute of Medicine to conduct a year-long study aimed at ensuring health information technology will achieve its full potential for improving patient safety…

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has reported its databases now have more usable information due to increased state-level efforts to provide quality information in a more innovative and efficient manner, according to a Government Health IT news report.

Mayo Clinic's recently formed Center for Social Media, based in Rochester, Minn., has launched the Social Media Health Network, a network aimed to provide education conferences, webinars and development of social platforms for sharing training materials to healthcare providers, according…

Kaiser Permanente, based in Oakland, Calif., has created a tool that will allow healthcare providers achieve meaningful use of healthcare information technology by standardizing data in electronic health records, according to a Department of Health & Human Services news release.

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National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Blumenthal, MD, has announced the selection of the last two regional extension centers, finally completing a national system of 62 organizations that will help physicians and hospital adopt meaningful use electronic health records,…

Thousands of patients' information were leaked online after a staff member at New York City-based New York-Presbyterian Hospital accidentally placed bits of the information on an unsecured computer server, according to a New York Post news report.

Hospitals cannot rely on IT vendors to comply with federal healthcare IT regulations, which include a variety of rules besides the "meaningful use" standards in the HITECH Act, according to a Health Data Management news report.

Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, healthcare providers are able to qualify for incentive payments upon adopting and demonstrating meaningful use of healthcare information technology, particularly electronic health records. In light of this, hospitals are scrambling to…

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has launched its certification program for electronic health records, which was created to certify EHRs that help healthcare providers meet the criteria of stage one meaningful use set by the U.S. Department of…