The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that Iowa's Medicaid program is the first to receive federal matching funds for planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act…

While one-third of business associates were not aware they are now required to adhere to HIPAA privacy and security rules as though they were covered entities, 85 percent of hospital IT executives surveyed by HIMSS Analytics reported they were ready…

The National Quality Forum has announced the release of the Quality Data Set, a common technological framework for defining clinical data necessary to measure performance and accelerate improvement in patients' quality of care, which provides a standardized set of data…

Mease Dunedin Hospital in Dunedin, Fla., is planning a new surgical and critical care unit that will expand neurosciences, orthopedics and spine care at the hospital, according to a report by Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Loma Linda University Medical Center is building a five-story, 106-bed hospital and a medical complex in Murrieta, Calif., according to a report in The Valley News.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an interim final rule with request for comments on stricter penalties issued for HIPAA violations under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health, according to an HHS release.

Baptist Medical Center South in Jacksonville, Fla., opened its new ambulatory surgery center in the hospital's new 100,000 square-foot, five-story medical building, according to a report in Financial News & Daily Record.

Ridgeview Medical Center broke ground on Two Twelve Medical Center in Chaska, Minn., which will feature clinics, urgent care and outpatient surgery services, among other healthcare services, according to a release from Ridgeview Medical Center.

The Medical Center of Southwest Texas is starting construction on an outpatient surgery center in Port Arthur, Texas, according to a release from Urban Constructors, the construction company working on the project.

Dennis D. Keefe, CEO of Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance discussed his own struggle with Type 2 diabetes and the insight it provided him about the challenges in creating true health reform, in an article he authored for WBUR.org, the Web…