South San Francisco, CA – March 20, 2014 – First Databank (FDB), a leading provider of integrated drug knowledge, today announced the company’s medication reconciliation solution, FDB MedsTracker, has achieved 2014 Edition Ambulatory and Inpatient Modular EHR ONC Health IT Certification. The solution was certified on by ICSA Labs, an Office of the National Coordinator-Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) and is compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The Indian Health Service failed a penetration test of its computer network conducted last June by the Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General.

MINNEAPOLIS, March 19, 2014 -- ABILITY Network Inc, a leading healthcare technology company, announced today that the New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN) has agreed to implement the ABILITY Secure Exchange Platform across all its member hospitals and provider sites.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is working to achieve seamless integration of its VistA EHR with the Department of Defense’s separate system by 2017, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs during its FY 2015 budget hearing.

The health information exchange market is set for healthy growth.

EHR adoption has been steadily increasing over the past few years but physicians see the systems as a source of both promise and frustration, according to a report from RAND Health.

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a breach of personal patient information at two Detroit-area hospital systems, according to Detroit Free Press.

A Colorado hospital is dealing with the aftermath of computer hackers who inserted a virus on the hospital's system last September, impacting 5,400 patients.