Harris, a communications and IT company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Carefx, a developer of interoperability workflow technologies built on its Fusionfx platform, for approximately $155 million.

ORLANDO, Fla--The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) released its Call for Action Feb. 21 for 2011/2012, summarizing its top 10 policy priorities for health IT for the 112 Congress and the Obama Administration, during its annual conference.

ORLANDO, FLA. -- Even though there hasnt been any robust statistically significant relationship between adoption of EHRs and quality and efficiency among practicing physicians, its a no-brainer to invest in an EHR, stated Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs during an educational session Feb. 21 at the 2011 Health Information Management & Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.

Siemens Healthcare has appointed J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, as chief medical informatics officer (CMIO) of its health services business unit.

ORLANDO, Fla.--Kicking off the Physician IT Symposium Feb. 20 at the 2011 HIMSS conference, keynote speaker Farzad Mostashari, MD, deputy national coordinator for health IT, urged attendees to consider meaningful use as a jumpstart to what we all are going to have to do in our new healthcare financing ecosystem.

In its formal comments on meaningful use Stage 2, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) requested that more time be allocated to enable assessment of Stage 1 progress and improve preparation for moving to Stage 2.

athenahealth, a developer of web-based business services for physician practices, announced positive financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2010, which ended Dec. 31, 2010.

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