Nonprofit organization Michigan Health Connect will adopt  Medicitys health information exchange (HIE) infrastructure for its next stage of HIE development.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has named Surescripts an Authorized Testing and Certification Body. Surescripts is now authorized to certify e-prescribing, privacy and security EHR modules as compliant with meaningful use requirements.

More clinical data from more information systems are flowing into healthcare organizations from additional sources in the continuum of care. With data-handling standards for EHRs and health information exchanges (HIEs) in the works, and expanding federal mandates for reportingis the definition of clinical information itself changing? That might seem like an academic question, until you consider the national conversations about cumulative radiation dosage, pain management and the expanding base of evidence being called into use at the point of care.

As the process to convert and integrate EMRs to mobile devices begins, heres what the mobile-savvy CMIO should expect.

Jonah Frohlich has joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips law firms San Francisco office as a managing director of Manatt Health Solutions (MHS), the firms interdisciplinary policy and business advisory division.

Saint Johns Health System and St.Vincent Jennings Hospitals have joined the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE). The two hospitals are now connected through their participation in IHIEs DOCS4DOCS service.

Use of EHRs by hospitals across the U.S. has risen dramatically, but has had a limited effect on improving the quality of medical care, according to a RAND study, published online Dec. 23 in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Vermont Information Technology Leaders has selected Greenway Medical Technologies' PrimeSuite as a preferred EHR partner.