The Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has notified patients of a breach to their protected health information (PHI).

This week AMDIS held its first fall symposium in Boston where the emphasis was on disruption, innovation and the future of health IT and EHRs.

Board certification is the gold standard for any type of physician certification, which is why many feel the American Board of Preventative Medicine’s (ABPM) new clinical informatics subspecialty board certification is a long time coming. 

As the healthcare industry drives greater use of patient data through interoperability, information exchange and care coordination, privacy and security concerns surrounding that very data also grow. Clinical Innovation + Technology hosted a roundtable discussion during which the participants discussed the practicalities of accounts of disclosure, the impact of the Omnibus Rule, managing data breaches and more.

With a shared vision to improve quality and make healthcare costs sustainable, Intermountain Healthcare and Cerner Corporation are announcing a multi-year strategic partnership. Drawing on Intermountain’s pioneering leadership in quality improvement and data analytics and Cerner’s expertise in information technologies, the multi-year partnership will implement the Cerner electronic medical record and revenue cycle solutions across all of Intermountain’s hospitals and clinics.

As health IT developments offer improved patient outcomes, reduced spending, improved efficiency, tailored treatment and so much more, the associated patient data holds more promise than ever before. The privacy and security of that data, however, faces growing threats beyond increased calls for its use.

A Florida hospital has notified approximately 10,000 patients that their protected health information and Social Security numbers may have been inappropriately accessed by a former employee for tax fraud purposes.

Children's National Health System and Cerner have partnered to create The Bear Institute, a joint effort the two entities say will be the first exclusively pediatric health informatics institute in the nation.