The Electronic Health Record Association raised concerns about a proposed rule containing voluntary certification criteria for EHR systems in 2015, according to a letter sent to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

Consumers appear to be opening up to sharing their personal health data, according to the results of a new survey.

This week could probably be summed up by the triple threat of privacy, security and patient safety.

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights has fined Concentra Health Services $1,725,220 to resolve violations of HIPAA Privacy and Security laws related to the theft of laptops containing protected patient data.

Physicians pay very little attention to medication lists, vital signs or laboratory results compared with the impression and plan section of electronic notes, according to a study published in Applied Clinical Informatics.

Healthcare providers in Georgia are leveraging interoperability and portability of health information to improve population health outcomes and reduce historical disparities in care.

Athenahealth has parted ways with EHR Association (EHRA), according to Dan Haley, vice president of government affairs at athenhealth, who confirmed the split in a blog post and noted that “athenahealth is neither an EHR company nor a software vendor.”

With an eye toward reigning in state healthcare costs, Kentucky officials are looking to its health information exchange to help providers target emergency room super utilizers, or "frequent fliers."