Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced approximately $20 million in federal grants will be dispersed to help critical access and rural hospital facilities convert from paper-based to certified electronic health records, according to an HHS news release.

A survey conducted by the College of Health Information Management Executives finds that chief information officers appear to be cautiously optimistic about receiving stimulus funding under the HITECH Act, which provides incentive payments to healthcare professionals and organizations for meaningful…

A team of physicians from McGill's Department of Anesthesia in Montreal have performed the first "teleanesthesia," remotely administering anesthesia to a patient in Italy while they were in Montreal, according to a news release from McGill.

A survey conducted by eHealth Initiative and MedPlus suggests healthcare providers have been slow to sign contracts with health IT regional extension centers, according to the survey.

A new government health IT advisory panel is working toward establishing road rules for the nationwide health information network, according to a Government Health IT report.

A survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute found that 40 percent of the respondents would pay for a remote monitoring device and a monthly subscription fee that would send their health information directly to their physician, alert them via…

A survey conducted by Premier shows that hospitals are increasingly collecting and reporting healthcare-associated infection data to a national network, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

The Health & Human Services Department has launched a website, where healthcare professionals can sign on to volunteer during an emergency or disaster in their state, according to a Government Health IT report.

While the Office of the National Coordinator was still naming the final two Beacon communities, it also set up measures designed to highlight the communities' findings and successes, according to a Government Health IT report.

The Office of the National Coordinator has announced the addition of two more communities — Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge and Southeastern Michigan Health Association — to the Beacon Community program, according to an ONC news release.