As part of its efforts to develop a voluntary framework to improve cybersecurity in the nation's critical infrastructure, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has posted a draft outline of the document to invite public review and gather comments.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is in the process of notifying almost 200,000 clients that some of their personal information may have been accidently disclosed to other clients, according to a statement from the organization.

Today’s news is a compilation of the most read articles of the first six months of 2013 and those articles I found to be the most interesting and influential.

While commercial EHR adoption may result in better health outcomes, as a stand-alone it does not consistently bring down Medicaid costs in the short term, according to a recent study published in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Medicare & Medicaid Research Review.

Nurses play a critical role in the implementation of EHRs but not all organizations tap into this important resource.

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-- Orion Health, the leader in eHealth technology, and the North Dakota Health Information Network (NDHIN) today announced that NDHIN has selected Orion Health HIE to power North Dakota’s statewide health information exchange (HIE). NDHIN providers will utilize Orion Health HIE to enhance a number of healthcare programs aimed at improving care transitions, streamlining physician-to-physician referrals and expanding existing immunization registry data, among others. Orion Health HIE will provide the technology backbone supporting NDHIN programs that advance the network’s core vision: Quality healthcare for all North Dakotans – anywhere, anytime.

A “pioneering” platform launched by the Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners Healthcare, allows patient data collected at home to be transmitted electronically then viewable through the Partners Healthcare EMR system. This information also is accessible via Partners Healthcare's patient portal.

About 9,000 patients were impacted when an unauthorized individual or company accessed and copied all or parts of the EHR system at Sight and Sun Eyeworks Gulf Breeze in Gulf Breeze, Fla.