This week we brought you coverage of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s annual meeting. The office took the opportunity to share information about several of its efforts to improve interoperability and usability of health IT tools.

A robust information governance strategy is essential to ensure the success of ehealth initiatives, American Health Information Management Association CEO Lynne Thomas Gordon, MBA, said in remarks at the association's eHealth Initiative Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla.

The Certification Commission for Health IT announced it will no longer offer the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT testing and certification services for the Meaningful Use incentive program, and it has for the past year.

Providers need to watch their use of copy-and-paste functions in EHRs because the government is.

There’s a new trend in HIEs–image sharing. Universal viewers are linking physicians with images to allow review anywhere. It’s time to take a look.

Data capture completeness within primary care EMRs is comparable with administrative data, with the advantage that EMRs contain lab results, prescription information and detailed clinical information. However, the combination of complete EMR records and administrative data is needed to provide a full comprehensive picture of patient health histories and processes, and outcomes of care, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I.--Amazing Charts.com, LLC, a leading developer of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, today released the results of its first Amazing Charts User Survey, revealing new insights into what 652 physicians value most out of EHR technology and what practices perceive to be their greatest challenges and opportunities over the next five years. The first Amazing Charts User Survey was completed by Amazing Charts users on January 14, 2014.

BOSTON--Orion Health, a leading global, privately-owned health software organization, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. (VITL) to incorporate its Rhapsody® Integration Engine into the Vermont state-wide Health Information Exchange (HIE) which is running on Medicity’s HIE solution. VITL is the exclusive operator of the Vermont Health Information Exchange (HIE).