The Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) plans to develop the MetroChicago Health Information Exchange (HIE), which is expected to be the largest metropolitan HIE in the nation, serving more than 9.4 million people.

The Standards Development Organization's Standards Charter Organization, a collaboration among U.S. healthcare standards development organizations, has named John Quinn, chief technical officer of Health Level Seven International (HL7), as its chair. Margaret Weiker, Accredited Standards Committee X12 Insurance Subcommittee chair, has been named SCOs chair-elect.

Harrison Medical Center has deployed an HIE using GE Healthcares bi-directional eHealth Information Exchange technology.

Canadian authorities have completed the review of CT scan reads performed by one radiologist at St. Josephs General Hospital in Comox and alerted patients and physicians to significant discrepancies in 180 scans.

CMIO.net presents a weekly update of the EHR products certified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCBs). The following EHR certification was announced recently:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released several resources to help eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals navigate CMS web-based attestation system as well as other steps in the process for receiving Medicare EHR incentive payments.

Earlier this year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology launched an effort to unite disparate specifications for health information exchange (HIE).

The Indian Health Service has become the first federal agency to have its EHR certified for meaningful use. The IHS Resource and Patient Management System Suite 1.0 has been certified as a Complete EHR for ambulatory and inpatient settings, based on criteria established by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.