Emory-Adventist Hospital, a joint venture with Emory Healthcare, has received the acute care Stage 7 award.

Citing inadequate training, a staffing shortage and the potential risk of patient harm, registered nurses (RNs) at an Ohio medical center called for hospital officials to delay the planned June 21 implementation of a new EMR system.

HELSINGBORG, Sweden --Regulatory News: DISC Corporation has over 55 years of experience as a service provider to the healthcare sector, specializing in the digitization of patient records for ambulatory care providers into their respective Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems. To deliver the BetterChart solution, the organization automates the end-to-end process of the document type classification and data capture of its clients’ patient records, affording its clients invaluable time and the necessary tools to continue to grow comfortably. But to meet existing service level agreements with its clients, DISC initially hand-keyed this information to ensure document type and patient record information were captured and processed in a timely fashion.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has posted updated clinical quality measures for eligible professionals under the 2014 Edition of the Meaningful Use program.

To build interest and participation in its eHealth Exchange, Healtheway—a non-profit, public-private partnership (formerly known as the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange)—announced nine founding members.

MIAMI -- CareCloud, the fastest-growing provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health records (EHR), and medical billing software and services, today announced it has secured $20 million in Series B financing. The funds will fuel the Company’s continued aggressive growth across all business functions, with a focus on product development while also bolstering sales and marketing capabilities. The funding round was led by Tenaya Capital and included existing investors Intel Capital and Norwest Venture Partners. This round brings CareCloud’s total funding to $44 million. Stewart Gollmer, Tenaya Capital’s Managing Partner, will join CareCloud’s Board of Directors.

Of 800 physician groups, 46 percent plan to join a health information exchange, according to a HIMSS Analytics industry report, “5th Annual U.S. Ambulatory EHR & Practice Management Study,” published by CapSite.

A stolen laptop was the cause of a breach affecting 12,900 patients at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.