DENVER--Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that its Health Language® Provider Friendly Terminology (PFT) can now be used with Epic’s EHR technology for mid-size and large medical groups, hospitals and integrated healthcare organizations.

In response to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's call for comments regarding a cybersecurity framework, the American Hospital Association is urging the agency to ensure that the framework remains flexible and voluntary within the healthcare industry's private sector.

The FY 2014 defense authorization bill, endorsed by the House and Senate, is calling for the Departments of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish either a single EHR or build interoperability between their EHR systems.

HUDSON, Ohio--Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that its Lexicomp Integrated Patient Education solution has been integrated into EmmiEngage, a patient engagement platform offered by Emmi™ Solutions. This integration will help foster patient’s understanding of their medical care by allowing clinicians to direct patients to information on topics such as medications, conditions and procedures from beyond the point of care.

The Office of Civil Rights failed to meet several federal requirements necessary to the oversight and enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act security rule, according to a recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.

A California hospital system left the data of 32,755 of its patients exposed online.

The protected health information of more than 49,000 patients at Kaiser’s Anaheim Medical Center is at risk after a computer flash drive went missing, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Providers plan to look to niche vendors more often than their incumbent EMR vendors to manage their future ACO needs, according to a KLAS report, “Accountable Care Timing 2013: Migration from Volume to Value Speeds Up.”