St. Mary’s Hospital, in Madison, Wis. and SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in Saint Louis, part of SSM Health Care, have been recognized by HIMSS Analytics as Stage 7 hospitals on its EMR Adoption Model.

A revision to the federal government’s foundational computer security guide, also applicable to and used in the private sector, is available.

A routine internal compliance audit led to the discovery of a potential security breach at Hope Hospice. More than 800 patients were notified of the breach.

EHR error rates dropped significantly two years after providers had transitioned from older, locally developed EHRs to commercial EHRs that featured clinical decision support (CDS) and implemented several system refinements, according to research published online on April 11 in the Journal of the American Informatics Association. The results underscore the positive outcomes of federal efforts to support meaningful use of EHRs, according to the research.

An observational study of 29 interns found that they spent more time on computer-related tasks than examining and talking with patients, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

A misunderstanding or over-interpretation of HIPAA by healthcare providers is preventing vital health information from being shared with family and caregivers, according to an April 26 Congressional hearing on the law.

A case study examining the 2012 Utah Department of Health data breach that compromised the protected health information of 780,000 individuals found a distinct association between healthcare data breaches and fraud.

The Office of the National Coordinator on Health IT (ONC) revoked the certification of two EHR products and announced on April 25 that they no longer meet the requirements of Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs.