CHICAGO—The goals of Meaningful Use are supposed to be accomplished through the use of the EHR to encode, structure and communicate data with providers and systems, according to speakers on a session about standard terminology challenges at the 84th American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA) Conference & Exhibition.

CHICAGO--Rural hospitals are struggling more than other facilities to achieve expected levels of Meaningful Use over the next few years, according to a panel of speakers at the American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA) 84th Annual Conference & Exhibition.

Premier Health Partners and Kettering Health Network are striving to connect with the Ohio Health Information Partnership’s statewide health information exchange (HIE), CliniSync.

CHICAGO--The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA), and Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) have called on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to immediately suspend the distribution of incentive payments related to the EHR program.

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has announced a settlement with one of California’s largest health insurers, Anthem Blue Cross, over allegations that the payer failed to protect the personal information of its members. The company also must pay $150,000 to settle the claim.

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is calling for improved and unified Health Information Governance "to standardize EHR use to ensure the technology fulfills its promise of guiding better, more efficient patient care."