Patient portals, clinical data warehousing and radiology barcoding applications are well positioned for rapid growth among hospitals, according to a report from HIMSS Analytics.

We’ve heard a lot about specific studies and pilot projects about the changes wrought by health information exchange. Surely, more will come. This month, the Institute of Medicine released a proposed model that seeks to help hospitals and health systems assess the ROI on EHR adoption.

The Meaningful Use program continues its “inexorable progress,” according to the latest reports provided during the Jan. 14 Health IT Policy Committee meeting.

EHR adoption has meant the emergence of a new kind of professional in clinics and emergency rooms: scribes.

Edgepark Medical Supplies, an Ohio-based medical supplier, is notifying approximately 4,200 customers that their protected health information is at risk.

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission announced the adoption of new program criteria that support the latest healthcare reform legislative rules, including the HIPAA omnibus rule.

Many feel that the EMR is central to the health of the enterprise and promises to meet many needs. However, as stakeholders drill down into individual departments, there are areas where the EMR may fail to address the specific workflow of the caregivers in those specialties.

The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) will lead an industry-wide effort to conduct exercises to simulate cyber attacks on healthcare organizations. The results of CyberRX will be used to evaluate the industry’s response and threat preparedness against attacks and attempts to disrupt U.S. healthcare industry operations, according to an announcement.