CurrentCare, Rhode Island’s health information exchange, is the first to exchange behavioral health data electronically. The Providence Center and Gateway Healthcare were the first organizations to submit behavioral health and substance abuse treatment information, known as 42 CFR Part 2 data, into CurrentCare.

More than 5,000 hospice patients and their families have been notified about a possible breach of personal information following a February break-in at the organization’s office.

The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT announced two new cooperative agreements designed to further support of growth of health information exchange (HIE) and interoperability. DirectTrust.org received a one-year contract for $280,000 and the New York eHealth Collaborative received a one-year contract valued at $200,000.

Advocacy organization Patient Privacy Rights (PPR) has published its Privacy Trust Framework, a set of more than 75 auditable criteria based on 15 key privacy principles. The framework enables objective measurement of how well health IT, platforms, applications, electronic systems and research projects protect data privacy and ensure patient control over the collection, use and disclosure of their health data.

Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) has been recognized by the federal government as a national leader for its efforts to enhance the safety and quality of healthcare by embracing the use of health IT.

Another busy, informative, exhausting Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual convention has come and gone. Of course, EMR/EHR use, challenges, successes and more were debated, discussed and deconstructed by a host of speakers.

Indianapolis, Ind., April 2, 2013 -- With the addition of the MedInformatix Patient Portal Module to its Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Practice Management (PM) platform, Price Vision Group anticipates its patient capacity to increase by more than 15 percent in 2013. Using the secure portal, patients can answer questions about their medical history well before the visit, eliminating the need to fill out responses on a clipboard upon arrival and reducing the overall time they spend in the office.

GZS, Inc., a leader in developing disease-specific and condition-specific Electronic Medical Records/Electronic Health Records (EMR/EHR) and patient registry software solutions, has announced the worldwide release of the WebTracker-Hemophilia ™ EHR patient registry solution used under the new brand name HemaGlobal ™.