The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide $48.8 million in awards to states, cities and territories to bolster epidemiology, laboratory and health IT systems for the purpose of fighting infectious disease.

The Michiana Health Information Network has implemented the Direct project, an initiative supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services aimed at simplifying the way patients and providers exchange health information electronically.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that three healthcare systems are joining 16 independent practices in the Independence at Home Demonstration, an initiative to provide home-based primary care to chronically ill patients with the goal of reducing hospitalizations and healthcare costs.

With $16.9 million in funding approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Massachusetts is moving forward with a statewide health information exchange (HIE).

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is connecting its Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record Health Communities program to HEALTHeLINK, a health information exchange (HIE) that is part of the Western New York Beacon Community.

Consumer engagement is a top priority for U.S. health information exchanges (HIEs), according to the results of a survey of members of the National eHealth Collaborative's HIE Learning Network.

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a nonprofit standards development organization and accrediting body, has submitted detailed comments on the request for information on governance of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN).

The city of Nevada, Mo., in Vernon County, currently ranked 88 out of 115 Missouri counties on the Robert Wood Johnson annual report for health outcomes, is launching a citywide initiative to improve the communitys health.