Interoperability has been the buzz term for the past couple months as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT focuses on publishing its interoperability roadmap and other groups discuss the best way to achieve seamless information exchange.

Flatiron Health and Vector Oncology are offering an EMR platform that enables oncology providers to gather and view patient-reported symptoms at the point of care.

It’s that time of year when research and consulting firms and other organizations offer their predictions for top health IT concerns for the new year and privacy and security seems to be taking a lead position.

The number of consumers who embrace EHRs is growing with 86 percent of patients with online access to their health records using their online records at least once, according to a study conducted by the National Partnership for Women & Families.

The healthcare industry will continue to be a vulnerable and attractive target for cybercriminals in 2015, according to the second annual Data Breach Industry Forecast conducted by Experian.

A mental health organization in Alaska has agreed to pay a fine and improve its HIPAA compliance program after a Department of Health and Human Services investigation found the group failed to appropriately safeguard patient data.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has paid out $16.6 billion in EHR incentive monies since the program’s inception, according to an agency official reporting the latest numbers during the Dec. 9 Health IT Policy Committee.

NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2014-- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today announced that it is testing and plans to deploy electronic medical records in the fight against Ebola.