Hospitals with advanced EMR capabilities tend to perform better, particularly with mortality rates, according to a study from HIMSS Analytics and Healthgrades, an online data resource.

Albany, NY, August 12, 2014 -- Health informatics is defined as the knowledge, skills and tools that enable the information to be collected, managed, used and shared for supporting the delivery of healthcare services and promoting health. Health informatics is one of the fastest growing segments of information technology and computer science.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to strengthen rules so health data from fitness bracelets, like FitBit, cannot be sold without consumer consent.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – August 12, 2014 – DataMotion™, an experienced health information service provider (HISP) with the industry’s leading record of customer deployments and Meaningful Use Stage 2 (MU2) attestations, today announced that the MEDITECH Solutions Group within Dell has added DataMotion Direct secure messaging to its industry-leading portfolio of services.

DENVER, Aug. 6, 2014--More than 70 providers at the Boulder Medical Center, a multispecialty group that also operates an urgent care clinic, are now using health information exchange, in addition to an advanced electronic medical record system, to coordinate care for more than 200,000 annual patient visits.Through CORHIO's secure electronic network, Boulder Medical Center doctors are now receiving laboratory results from hospitals and labs around the state without having to wait for faxes or other paper-based methods of communication. This is reducing patient wait times, helping doctors make faster and more accurate clinical decisions, and saving staff time previously spent tracking down patients' medical records.

HITRUST has partnered with Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business to create the first Healthcare Information Security and Technology Risk Management Graduate Certificate Program.

Fueled by more than $26 billion in federal investments, EHR adoption has increased significantly among physicians and hospitals. But exchange of health information among clinicians, hospitals and other providers remains sparse despite its many benefits, according to a joint policy brief by Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which examined this issue.

The implementation of EHRs at 12 New York City jails between 2008 and 2011 improved care of vulnerable populations and enabled reporting and analysis of patterns of abuse, neglect and other patient concerns related to human rights, according to a study published in the Health and Human Rights Journal.