It’s ethical for medical students to tap into EHRs to track former patients, but safeguards are needed to protect patient privacy and ensure such work is restricted to research purposes, according to a study published in Academic Medicine.

Athenahealth's acquisition of the web-based EHR developed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston fills a gaping hole in the vendor’s product line and helps the Harvard University-affiliated health system move its own IT operation forward.

A major cybersecurity breach has compromised the data of 80 million current and former members of health insurer Anthem.

DirectTrust, a nonprofit that advances health data exchange via the Direct Protocol, announced growth in 2014 that “far exceeded projections.”

Just weeks after officially entering the hospital EHR market with the purchase of a small vendor serving rural, community and critical access hospitals, athenahealth is taking the full plunge, acquiring the EHR technology of a major academic medical center.

UMass Memorial Medical Group (UMMMG), Worcester, Mass., is reporting a breach of personal data of approximately 14,000 patients.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Speaking at the 2015 ONC Annual Meeting on Feb. 3, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a $28 million funding opportunity to advance interoperability.

EHR vendor Cerner has completed its $1.3 billion acquisition of Siemens Health Services (SHS), the U.S.-based health IT division of German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG, the purchaser announced Monday.