Michigan's two largest health information exchanges plan to merge, creating one of the largest such organizations in the country, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

Few healthcare providers have adopted an EHR that would meet the requirements of Meaningful Use Stage 2, according to survey results from National Center for Health Statistics.

As many midsize physician practices report replacing their EMRs or feeling stuck with an EMR, Epic, athenahealth and Greenway Medical have set themselves apart as having the fewest customer complaints, according to a KLAS report.

Rush Health, a Chicago-based clinically integrated network of physicians and hospitals, is launching its own health information exchange that will use advanced population health software to improve care quality, care coordination and patient outcomes, according to an announcement.

2014 should be a big year for Meaningful Use with many healthcare providers scrambling to meet the Stage 2 requirements. Vendors will be working hard to meet their customers’ needs and a recent survey helps pinpoint the biggest challenges.

The biggest challenges for providers related to the Meaningful Use program are the clinical summary measurement, the required security risk analysis and patient smoking status reporting, according to a new study published in Medical Care, the Journal of the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association.

Male medical students were more likely than their female counterparts to report that EHRs were easy to use, according to a study published in the AHIMA Foundation's Perspectives in Health Information Management.

The disappearance of a password-protected, unencrypted desktop computer from Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany, Ga., prompted officials to notify 6,700 patients that their data may be at risk.