Healthcare software provider VitalHealth and Mayo Clinics reference laboratory, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Medical Laboratories, have entered into an agreement to offer VitalHealths EHR as part of Mayo Medical Laboratories outreach technology.

Emdeon Clinician, a component of the Emdeon Office Suite, has been Module-certified to meet Stage 1 criteria for meaningful use by the Drummond Group.

Medical practices that have implemented an EHR system report better financial performance than those that have not, according to a survey from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).

MedLink, in collaboration with Thrasys, have formed the New York Health Information Network, a regional health information network that falls under the Connected Healthcare initiative launched by the two companies earlier this year.

The list of certified EHRs and modules is expanding, according to the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT).

More and more vendors are getting tested day by day [but] its kind of buyer beware out there, said Karen M. Bell, MD, chair of the Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) concerning the EHR/EMR product environment, during a Oct. 20 webinar on the certification process for health IT systems.

The New Jersey Health IT Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) selected EHR software provider ITelagen to assist New Jersey physicians, on behalf of NJ-HITEC, to achieve meaningful use of EHRs.

The Colorado Regional Extension Center (CO-REC) has inked its 800th provider letter of agreement and is more than one-third of the way toward reaching its goal of signing a total of 2,295 primary care providers to receive support implementing and using EHRs.