Allscripts has announced the merger of Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions with Eclipsys Corporation, which will create the new entity Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, according to an Allscripts news release.

Jim Walker, MD, chief medical information officer at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., discusses six ways hospitals can prevent technical errors when using electronic health records.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has named the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology and the Drummond Group as the first healthcare information technology review bodies, according to a U.S. Department of Health & Human…

Market research firm INPUT has published a new report that says spending on state and local health information technology systems will increase 19 percent over the next five years, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

An report by research firm Frost & Sullivan shows that the U.S. ambulatory electronic health records market is projected to reach $2.6 billion in 2012, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

Cathy Crowley, CIO of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y., offers three key tips in positioning a hospital as a leader in information technology.

John Fontanetta, chairman of the emergency department at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J. and CMO for EDIMS, discusses four ways to improve efficiency in an emergency department with information technology.

KLAS, a research firm, has published a report that assesses the true cost of electronic medical record systems — including unanticipated costs — after 146 healthcare organizations bought the systems, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

The Office of the National Coordinator has approved a $6.6 million grant to Maine to expand and implement healthcare information technology in the state, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

When a disease outbreak threatens hospitals across the country, health systems are particularly strained by shortages of providers, vaccines and supplies, as well as the fear and worry of their patient population. Bert Reese, CIO of Sentara Healthcare in Virginia,…