A computer containing health and personal information on 21,000 patients was taken from an office at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.

Spyglass Consulting Group reported 94 percent of physicians surveyed use smartphones, up from 59 percent in 2006, according to a CNET report.

Hospitals & Health Networks, a publication of the American Hospital Association's Health Forum division, has published its annual list of the "most wired" hospitals, according to an eWeek report.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology held a free training session on eligibility issues, the relationship between HITECH and other government incentive programs and how the state and…

After the July 13 release of the final rules of meaningful use, providers all over the country are examining the 15 core regulations and 14 "a la carte" regulations to determine how and when they will quality for incentive payments.…

A study by consulting firm CapSite, based in Burlington, Vt., reported 69 percent of healthcare providers are unaware that there will be alternatives to the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology for certifying ambulatory EHR systems, according to the CapSite…

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has announced state officials discovered an unauthorized removal of a computer hard drive from the state's Office of Information Technology Department, according to a department news release.

A study by IT services and consulting firm CSC reported that achieving meaningful use compliances is the number one priority for healthcare executives, according to a CSC report.

In 2008, Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs, Wyo., decided to implement an EMR system. Within 18 months, at a cost of $2 million, MHSC became the first hospital in Wyoming to have a fully implemented, integrated EMR.…

A 12-month project called OpenNotes will analyze the consequences of making doctors' notes fully accessible to patients in electronic form, according to an article in the Annals of Internal Medicine.