Ambulatory practice reimbursement increases after the implementation of an EHR system, but this is followed by a long-term decrease in the number of patient visits, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

A subgroup charged with forming a governance structure for health data interoperability across networks shared its draft framework at the Health IT Policy Committee meeting as a prelude to formal recommendations expected in mid-October.

Slowly but surely, Meaningful Use attestations are increasing, according to the numbers reported at the Sept. 3 Health IT Policy Committee meeting.

A California hospital has notified 6,500 patients of a breach to their health information following the unauthorized removal of records from the hospital premises.

An employee inappropriately accessing confidential information of patients is the source of a data breach in Texas impacting more than 10,000 individuals.

The Department of Homeland Security’s 23 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities have completed a large-scale implementation of a cloud-based EHR system.

ARLINGTON, Va.--The Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance (OSEHRA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating innovation in electronic health record software, is hosting its 3rd Annual Open Source EHR Summit next week.

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