A Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) Research Institute database containing personal information on more than 3,600 patients was found to have a security vulnerability that potentially left data in one section of the database exposed to advanced Internet searches, CAMC reported. The vulnerability was discovered and resolved last month.

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:

While most may think that adding physicians to the hospital staff will increase hospital volume, capture more referrals and improve coordinated care, researchers found that this type of integration may actually result in higher healthcare costs, according to a Community Report of the Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., metropolitan area carried out by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).

Personal health records (PHRs) can empower patients, but there are substantial design and implementation issues that must be approached carefully, according to an article published online in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Baylor Medical Center at Frisco (Baylor Frisco), an acute care hospital located north of Dallas, has enlisted PatientKeepers clinical and documentation software products, including PatientKeeper CPOE and PatientKeeper NoteWriter, to assist physician workflow.

Intel-GE Care Innovations, a joint venture of GE Healthcares Home Health Group and Intel's Digital Health Group, has received 510(k) market clearance from the FDA for the Intel Health Guide Express remote health management system.

IBMs Patient Empowerment System patient portal, previewing at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, this week, expands the types of information that healthcare providers can offer to patients online.

Seventy-nine percent of healthcare professionals in a recent survey reported using an iPad for professional use. Trailing behind, Windows PC and Android-based tablets were used by 12 percent and 9 percent of the respondents, respectively, according to the survey by healthcare communications company Aptilon.