Sacramento-based Sutter Health’s newly launched integrated health information exchange not only will link its own network of physicians and hospitals, but will allow outside entities to have access as well.

A pilot project for the interstate exchange of electronic behavioral health data helped identify challenges with using Direct, both technical and operational, according to an Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT blog post.

The Medical Society of Northern Virginia (MSNVA) has launched a physician-led health information exchange.

Behavioral health providers have sought inclusion in the Meaningful Use and information exchange for some time. During the most recent Health IT Policy Committee meeting, the group voted to move forward recommendations regarding sending and receiving capabilities for behavioral health data.

Dublin, Ohio, June 24, 2014 -- Updox, the industry leader for physician connectivity and CRM solutions for health care, announced the organization achieved full accreditation with the Direct Trusted Agent Accreditation Program (DTAAP) as a Health Information Service Provider/Registration Authority/Certificate Authority (HISP/RA/CA) from DirectTrust.org and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC). Accreditation by EHNAC certifies that an organization’s Direct secure messaging services meet HIPAA and HITECH requirements, industry standards, and Direct Project regulations. Updox is one of just 12 organizations having received each of the three HISP/RA/CA accreditations from EHNAC and DirectTrust.org.

Boston, MA – June 17, 2014 – Orion Health, a leading global, privately-held eHealth software organization, today announced that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network (WISHIN) have signed four year contracts to implement Orion Health’s Rhapsody Integration Engine®. Rhapsody enables the secure electronic sharing of patient data, achieving real-time connectivity from any system to any system, streamlining processes and reducing operational costs for effective care coordination.

WATERBURY, Conn., June 18, 2014-- Therap Services, leader in electronic documentation software for Intellectual Disability and Developmental Disability Service Providers, has received U.S. Government Patent No. 8,739,253 B2 for Managing Secure Sharing of Private Information Pertaining to Abuse or Neglect Across Security Domains on May 27, 2014.

The American Medical Informatics Association has expanded the features of its online learning program, which prepares professionals planning to take the clinical informatics subspecialty board exam.