The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONC) National Rural Health Resource Center has released a new rural health information exchange (HIE) toolkit.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published three new frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the EHR Meaningful Use (MU) incentive program. The new FAQs clarify the status of certified EHRs under certain circumstances.

Approximately 1,400 patient records of the University of Connecticut Health Center were inappropriately accessed by a former employee. The Farmington organization learned of the privacy breach on Jan. 7.

A New York hospital on March 1 began notifying patients and the Office for Civil Rights about a data breach dating back to November 2011.

NEW ORLEANS—To best prepare for Meaningful Use, attack the biggest and most complicated problems first, said Bruce Eckert, MBA, principal at consulting firm Beacon Partners, speaking during an educational session at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual convention.

NEW ORLEANS—A hierarchical task analysis of EHR use looked at component usage, non-verbal communication, verbal analysis and time-at-task profiling. Alan Calvitti, PhD, data visualization expert worked with the VA’s San Diego Healthcare System, presented the results of the project during an educational session at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual convention.

NEW ORLEANS—“Healthcare is broken not just when it comes to the cost but in so many other ways,” said National Coordinator of Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, delivering a keynote address at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual convention. “Healthcare is broken as a system…as a lack of systems.”

National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) conducts annual surveys to gauge stakeholder’s thoughts on issues related to health information exchange (HIE), consumer engagement and other NeHC programs. Kate Berry, CEO of NeHC, was at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in New Orleans to present the results of the 2013 NeHC Stakeholder Survey, and here shares some of the findings.