Although the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) supports the ongoing development of EHR capabilities and acknowledges their importance in broader changes to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT  (ONC) strategy, the ONC should be careful not to expect EHRs to do too much, too fast, cautioned Richard Correll, president and CEO of CHIME, responding to the ONC's request for comments on the proposed Federal Health IT Strategic Plan.

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield employees can now upload their healthcare advance directives to Rochester RHIOs (Regional Health Information Organization) patient portal, according to the Rochester, N.Y.-based organization.

Seventy Hawaii physicians in private practice on the island of Oahu have come together to form Health Information Helping Others (HIHO) as a pilot project of the Hawaii Health Information Exchange (HHIE).

The Obama Administration has unveiled a national strategy to safeguard internet users against fraud and identity theft and enhance individuals privacy by creating trusted entities.

This month, 2,280 health IT professionals will graduate from the Community College Consortia to Educate Health IT Professionals program, with 3,000 graduates expected by the end of summer, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).

Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH) has signed an agreement to deploy health information exchange (HIE) tools from GSI Health.

CIOs belief that their organization will qualify for meaningful use in the first year of eligibility has fallen sharply since August 2010, according to the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) third quarterly survey of membership readiness for meaningful use, conducted last month.

The Alabama Primary Health Care Association (APHCA) has partnered with Arcadia Solutions to advance the use of health IT across its 15 community health clinics.