News Archive

• Improving SDOH Collection and Usage: Success Stories From Three Health Systems

• AMA Releases CPT 2025 Code Set

• Epic Systems Enables Secure Patient Data Access via Apps With TEFCA Compliance

• Electronic Prior Auth Helps One Practice Slash 24 Hours of Manual Work Per Week

• HHS Reorganizes Technology, Cybersecurity, Data, and Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Policy Functions

• HHS Unveils Major Revamp to Shift Health Data, AI Strategy, and Policy Under ONC

• EHR Association Provides Feedback on Federal HIT Strategic Plan

• HIM Professionals Invited to Make Their Voice Heard

• Emtelligent 'Took AI to Medical School' With New Tech for NLP

• Large-Scale Cyberattacks Disrupt Essential Substance Use and Mental Health Services

• HSCC Publishes 5-Year Health Care Cybersecurity Strategic Plan

• NIST Updates Cybersecurity Framework With Version 2.0

• OCR Settles Its Second Ransomware Investigation, Probably Not the Last

• Fathom Announces Partnership With Google Cloud, Adding Its Autonomous Medical Coding Solution to Google Cloud Marketplace

• Impact Advisors Receives Highest Overall Performance Score in KLAS Financial Improvement Consulting Report

• ApolloMD Leverages Fathom Autonomous Medical Coding to Save Costs and Accelerate Revenue Cycle for 1,500+ Physician Group

• AHIMA Acquires HCPro

• Fathom Taps Enoch Shih as Chief Operating Officer

• New Playbook Released With Recommendations Toward a Sustainable Future for Value-Based Care

• The Sequoia Project Releases Findings From Its Consumer Voices Workgroup

• Doctors and Public Health Experts Join Calls for Halt to AI Research & Development Until It’s Regulated

• Data Usability Takes Root Nationwide Through a Joint Project Between The Sequoia Project and AHIMA

• The Association of Health Information Outsourcing Services Elects New President

• AHIMA White Paper Identifies Opportunities and Challenges With Collecting, Integrating, and Using Social Determinants of Health Data

• 44 House Lawmakers Push for Extension of Value-Based Care Incentives

• NAACOS Praises Positive Changes for ACOs in Final CMS Rule

• Social Scores Are Invading Health Care

• HHS Announces Melanie Fontes Rainer as Director of the Office for Civil Rights

• Patients sue Vermont health center, claim it failed to safeguard their info

• Unsealed Lawsuit Claims 62 Indiana Hospitals, Ciox Health Triggered Fraudulent EHR Incentive Payments

• SSNs, PHI Stolen at Texas Hospital

• Ransomware Gangs Adopt Callback Phishing Techniques for Gaining Initial Network Access

• State Officials Nixed Health Information Network Computer Software They Spent $20M Developing

• AMA Announces CPT Update for Monkeypox Testing and Vaccination

• Patient Survey Shows Unresolved Tension Over Health Data Privacy Vulnerabilities

• IU Health Says Doctor Did Not Violate HIPAA Laws in 10-Year-Old's Abortion

• AMA Releases 2023 E&M Updates

• Docs: Interoperability Will Be Great, if It Ever Gets Here

• 700,000 Patients Affected by Yuma Regional Medical Center Ransomware Attack

• CHIME and WEDI Launch the “THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK” Campaign

• AMA Announces CPT Update for Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

• Victim List in EHR Vendor Hack Grows as New Details Emerge

• 119 Health Care Organizations Sign Letter to Congress Urging Removal of Ban on Funding for National Patient Health Identifier Standard

• ABIM President Touts Effectiveness of EHRs

• Using EHRs to Track Vaccine Surveillance

• HHS Issues Alert About Ultra Aggressive Ransomware Group

• EHR Documentation of Pediatric SOGI Data Requires Attention to Privacy

• Spine Code Changes You Can’t Afford to Miss

• Myth or Fact? Support Staff Must Log Off EHR Between Documentation

• Bipartisan Bill Aims to Create Incentives for Mental Health Providers to Adopt Electronic Records, Health IT Systems

• AI Model Uses EHR Data to Predict Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

• Early Studies Show Promise of ICD-11

• Oracle Database Failure Prompts VA Cerner EHR System Outage

• HIPAA at Odds With New Laws on Gender-Affirming Care

• DirectTrust Developing Standard for Voluntary National Patient Credential and Matching Ecosystem

• ECRI: Staffing Shortages and Clinician Mental Health Are the Top Threats to Patient Safety

• Patient ID Now Coalition Disappointed Congress Continues to Include Rider to Stifle Progress on Patient Identification

• CHIME Launches Digital Health Analytics Resource

• CMS Creates Billing Codes for Treatment Found Effective Against Omicron

• Study Finds Female Docs Spend More Time on Documentation

• AHIMA Announces Dates for AHIMA22 in Columbus, Ohio

• Survey: Recruitment Costs, Long Hiring Timelines Negatively Impact Health Care Finance Teams

• Jackson County Hospital District Provides Notice of Data Privacy Incident

• Immediate Patching Required to Fix Critical SAP Vulnerabilities

• WHO’s New International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) Comes Into Effect

• MRO Names New CEO

• HHS Study Shows Fewer Video Visits for Older Patients, People of Color

• EHI Announces RFP to Launch Program Recommended in Consumer Privacy Framework

• VA Failed to Ensure Data Quality During Initial EHR Rollout, GAO Finds

• AMA Announces CPT Update for Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

• AHIMA Releases 2022 Advocacy Agenda and 2021 End of Year Report

• AMA Opens Doors for Health Tech Innovators With New CPT Developer Program

• Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias in the EHR

• HIM Professionals to Advocate for Patients on the Hill

• ONC Publishes TEFCA

• Oscar Health Discloses Data Breach After Mailing Error

• EHR Adjustments Help Minnesota Hospital Reduce Postpartum Hemorrhages

• AMA Announces CPT Update for Third Dose of the Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine

• CDC Releases New Diagnosis Codes

• R1 RCM to Expand Revenue Cycle Reach in Acquisition of Cloudmed 

• HHS-Led Initiative Releases Unified Specification for Patient Addresses in Health Care

• Ciox Data Breach Affects 32 Providers

• EHRs Can Improve the Organ Donation Process

• New COVID-19 ICD-10-CM and PCS Codes Coming in 2022

• White Paper Details Technology’s Impact on CDI

• Zoom Adds Cerner EHR Integration

• Another COVID-19 Pandemic Outcome: Busier Physician EHR Inboxes

• Shorter Hospital Stays Associated With Patient Portal Use

• AHIMA, Moxe Highlight AHIMA dHealth at Frontiers Health Global Conference 

• The Buckeye Institute: Making Telehealth Permanent Will Increase Access to Care

• Ransomware Attack Targets Las Vegas Cancer Center Patients' Personal Information

• AMA Announces CPT Update to COVID-19 Vaccine Booster

• Optum Sues Former Employees for Allegedly Stealing Health Data

• Epic Systems to Provide eHealth Records to Walmart

• AGS Health Acquires EZDI

• Cyberattackers Target Missouri Hospital at Epicenter of COVID Outbreak, Post Patient Data

• Open Notes Shines Light on Errors in Patient Medical Records

• Drive Medical Record Efficiencies in a COVID World With Information Governance

• Report: Fitness Tracker Data Breach Exposed 61 Million Records and User Data Online

• Health Care Experts Propose Policies to Encourage Shared Responsibility Between EHR Developers and Users

• Class Action Suit Filed Against Georgia Hospital Victimized by Ransomware

• AMA Releases 2022 CPT Code Set

• AMA Announces Update to COVID-19 Vaccine CPT Codes

• ChrysCapital-Backed GeBBS Healthcare Acquires Aviacode

• AHDI Announces New Board Members, 2021–2022 Executive Committee

• Phishing Attack Exposes Medical Information for 12,000 Patients at Revere Health

• What Does the Future Hold for Telehealth? New Report Gives Hints

• AMA Announces Effort to Advance Equitable Innovation in Health Care

• AMA Announces Update to COVID-19 Vaccine CPT Codes

• CMS Unveils 2022 Final Rules for Four Provider Types

• House Removes Ban Impeding Progress on National Patient Identifier

• Patient ID Now Coalition Applauds Action on Patient Misidentification

• Interoperability Standards Updated to Support Gender Identity, SDoH, and Sexual Orientation

• Agency Ten22 Joins Finn Partners

• Health Care Workers Sue Amazon Over Potential HIPAA Violations With Alexa Device

• Las Vegas Hospital Hit in Cyberattack, Data Stolen

• Ohio Medicaid Providers’ Data May Have Been Exposed From Data Breach

• Certain ICD-10 Codes Often Precede Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis

• Savannah Health System Victim of Ransomware Attack

• Mobile Health Apps Plagued by Privacy Issues, Study Finds

• Study Finds EHRs Can Detect Unhealthy Alcohol Consumption

• HHS Releases Project US@ Draft Technical Specification Version 1.0 for Comment

• Iodine Software Acquires ChartWise Medical Systems

• EHR Vendor Cerner Announces ‘Hundreds’ of Layoffs, Workforce Reduction

• CMS Releases PCS Codes Final Rule

• ONC Defines EHR Certification for SDOH Data to Pursue Health Equity

• Nuance and athenahealth Expand Strategic Collaboration to Reduce Cognitive Burden on Physicians and Care Teams and Improve the Patient Experience

• Scripps CEO Addresses Malware Attack in Memo to Staff: 7 Things to Know

• American Antitrust Institute Expresses Concern About Proposed Optum-Change Healthcare Deal

• Regenstrief Creates Teaching EHR System to Boost EHR Training

• WEDI Comments on Proposed Privacy Rule

• Will ICD-10 Change How We Define Comorbidities, Complications?

• Scripps Health Targeted by Cyberattack

• AHIMA and Moxe Announce AHIMA dHealth

• EHR Usability Issues Linked to Nurse Burnout and Patient Outcomes

• CMS Releases Proposed IPPS Rule

• Patient ID Now Coalition Releases Framework for a National Strategy on Patient Identity

• Yale New Haven Health Says at Least 200 Patients Were Impacted by Data Breach

• Nurses Give EHR Usability an 'F' in New Study

• CMS Extends Public Health Emergency for Another 90 Days

• Keeping Health Information Human: AHIMA Celebrates 32nd Annual HIP Week

• CMS Releases First Payment Rules for FY 2022

• Time to Unleash Power of Tools to Audit Physicians’ EHR Burden

• Microsoft in Advanced Talks to Buy Nuance

• Google Is Exploring a Health Record Tool for Patients

• Florida Health Care Organization Sues Amazon for Hosting Stolen Data

• COVID-19 Report Highlights Challenges and Implications for Digital Health

• CEO Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case Involving HIPAA Violations

• Congresswoman Concerned With Safety of VA’s EHR

• AMA CPT Editorial Panel Proposals for 2022-2023 Posted

• Employee of Subcontractor Exposes Health Plan Members’ Info

• Epic in Process of Developing AI EHR Documentation Assistant

• Google Rolls Out EHR Navigation Tool Care Studio

• Cyberattack Forces Illinois Hospital to Revert to Paper Records

• 7 Essentials to Getting mHealth Data Into Flow of Patient Care

• 5 Keys for Safely Sharing Ethics Consultation Notes in the EHR

• Oklahoma Lawmakers File Bill to Require Parents to Disclose Mental Health Needs of Students

• How the EHR Can Help ID, Refer Patients for Diabetes Prevention

• AMA Announces Update to COVID-19 Vaccine CPT Codes

• HHS Awards Funds to Expand Immunization Information Sharing Collaboration

• Mayo, Epic, and Cerner Teaming to Create Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Passport

• AMA Announces Additional CPT Codes for COVID-19 Vaccines

• Twitter Hit With $544,000 Penalty for Violating GDPR Data Breach Provisions

• Zachary Perry Named New President of the Association of Health Information Outsourcing Services

• HHS Proposes Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule

• Statement From AHIMA CEO on Proposed Modification to HIPAA Privacy Rule

• AHIMA Releases New Policy Statement Regarding Social Determinants of Health

• CMS Releases New ICD-10-PCS Codes for COVID-19

• Insider Privacy Breach Leads to Multiple Class Action Lawsuits Against Mayo Clinic

• Cloud Server Error Exposes Lab Results, Medical Records

• University of Minnesota Physicians Provides Notice of Data Security Event

• Nuance Makes a Deal to Sell Transcription, EHR Segments

• COVID-19 Vaccine Logistics Underscore the Need for a National Patient ID Strategy

• Study Spotlights Patient Matching in the Payer Community

• AMA Adopts New Telehealth Policy

• Integrating Patient Photos Into the EHR Increases Patient Safety

• Oklahoma Pursuing Health Information Network to Make Sharing Patient Information Easier

• Senate Bill Maintains Roadblock to Patient Identification

• AMA Announces Vaccine-Specific CPT Codes for Coronavirus Immunizations

• California-Based Psychiatric Facility Fined for Withholding Patient’s Medical Record

• Statement From AHIMA CEO on ONC’s Delay of Information Blocking Rule Compliance Deadline

• Aetna to Pay OCR $1M Over 3 Patient Data Breaches, HIPAA Violations

• Arcadia Expands Partnership With PatientPing

• AMA Announces New CPT Codes for Multivirus Tests to Detect COVID-19 and Flu

• Michigan Hospital Victimized by Phishing Scheme

• Business Associate Pays Hefty Fine for HIPAA Violation

• HHS Launching Initiative to Track Physician Use and Burdens of HIT

• OCR Levies Second Largest Ever HIPAA Fine

• Las Vegas Health System Goes Offline

• California on the Verge of Instituting New Deidentification Requirements

• 5 Providers Settle After Withholding EHR Access, Violating HIPAA

• Health Care Patient, Donor Data May Have Been Breached

• Survey Shows Lack of Ownership Over Provider Data

• VA Notifies Veterans of Compromised Personal Information

• ICD-10 Algorithm Accurately Identifies Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

• AMA Announces New CPT Codes as COVID-19 Advancements Expand

• CMS Releases Long-Awaited 2021 FY IPPS Final Rule

• AMA Releases 2021 CPT Code Set

• County to Pay for HIPAA Expert to Release More Data About COVID-19 Deaths

• AHDI Announces New 2020–2021 Board Members, Executive Committee

• FBI Investigating South Dakota COVID-19 Patient Data Breach

• CHIME Awards $100,000 in Scholarships for Women and Minority HIT Executives

• How to Handle Patients Who Want to Record Medical Conversations

• ICD-10 Codes for Common COVID-19 Symptoms Inaccurate, Study Finds

• Health Catalyst Acquires VitalWare

• AMA and SNOMED Launch Joint Demonstration Project

• Fraudulent HIPAA Communications: An Alert from the Office for Civil Rights

• Stanford Center for Health Education Launches Online Program in Artificial Intelligence in Health Care to Improve Patient Outcomes

• Fraudulent Coding Led CMS to Overpay Cigna $1.4B, Justice Department Says

• Study Aims to Make Patient EHR Matching More Accurate

• CMS Finalizes Payment Rules for IPFs, SNFs, Hospices

• Patient ID Now Coalition Pleased Congress Is Addressing Patient Misidentification

• ONC's Donald Rucker: More Work to Do on Health Data Privacy

• Just Associates Joins Patient ID Now to Support Advancement of a Nationwide Patient Identification Strategy

• Why Did Lifespan Health Face Such a Stiff HIPAA Penalty for a Stolen Laptop?

• LifeSpan Health System Hit With $1 Million HIPAA Fine

• Opinion: The Future of Pharmacy Care Services, Postpandemic

• The Sequoia Project Announces Anti-Information Blocking Support for Health Care and HIT Communities

• Ciox Adds Contactless Records Request and Delivery

• Vanderbilt Medical Center Launches EHR Program Dubbed “Clickbusters”

• OIG Audit Finds Hospital Upcodes Overbilled Medicare by $1 Billion

• Senator: Improved Patient Matching Will Lead to Better Contact Tracing

• How to Create Better EHR Usability to Enhance Physicians’ Lives

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Issues Code for ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton

• Upcoming Study Aims to Make EHR Matches More Accurate

• Allscripts, Microsoft Sign Five-Year Partnership Deal

• Independence Blue Cross Provides Notice of a Privacy Incident

• CDC Releases FY 2021 ICD-10-CM Code Update

• AI Uncovers Individual Disease Risk in EHR Data

• UCSF Pays Hefty Ransom to Unlock Computer System

• AMA Announces CPT Update for Antigen Tests in the Fight Against COVID-19

• PHI on Missouri Health Center’s COVID-19 Dashboard May Have Been Exposed

• CMS Announces Formation of Office of Burden Reduction and Health Informatics

• Telehealth Companies Lead Digital Health to Record VC Funding in Q1 2020 With $3.6 Billion

• Computer Attack Targets Care New England Hospital Group

• Kaiser Permanente Computer System Down for Five Hours During Coronavirus Pandemic

• Cowboys Star Tweets ‘HIPAA?' Following Report of Testing Positive for COVID-19

• EHR Use Yields ICU Physician Fatigue, Suggests Usability Issues

• Houston’s Health Care Systems Turn to Telemedicine to Meet Medical Needs

• Preterm Deliveries Due to COVID-19 Could Be Avoided by Studying EHRs

• Study: More Than 20% of Patients Have Found Documentation Errors

• CMS Releases FY 2021 ICD-10-PCS Code Set and Official Guidelines

• Data Breach Lawsuit Filed Against Pediatric Care Provider

• AHIMA Statement: A More Just Society Through Health Care Data

• CMS Releases New COVID-19 Billing FAQs

• Who Profits From Our Medical Records?

• EHRs Fail to Detect Up to 33% of Medication Errors

• Highmark Joins the Gravity Project to Standardize Social Determinants of Health Data

• Former Clinic Employee Sentenced to Four Years for Stealing, Selling Patient Information

• UVA Health Launches Online COVID-19 Patient Data Collection Project

• Medical Record Snooping Lawsuit Revived

• HHS Relaxes Data Security and Privacy Enforcement for COVID-19 Test Sites

• With EHR Data, Model Predicts Suicide Attempt Two Years in Advance

• Texas Hospital District Gathers, Shares COVID-19 Data in Real Time

• Cerner Employees Inching Back to Work

• More Than 90% of Physicians Are Treating Patients Remotely

• Majority of Canadians Would Sacrifice Personal Privacy If It Helped Stop COVID-19

• Yale New Haven Rolls Out Remote Monitoring for Ventilated COVID-19 Patients

• AMA Issues New Principles to Restore Trust in Data Privacy

• The Pandemic and the Evolution of Health Care Privacy

• ATA Outlines Additional Recommendations to Advance Telehealth

• Survey Monkey to Rhode Island Track COVID-19

• Can API Vendors Solve Health Care’s Data Woes?

• How to Avoid HIPAA Violations While Working From Home

• Why COVID-19 May Be Making the Case for Value-Based Care

• Cleveland Clinic, Epic Develop Home Monitoring Tool for COVID-19 Patients

• Latest Ciitizen Report Shows More Providers Meeting Right of Access Requirements

• Senators Announce Plans to Introduce Data Privacy Bill

• Massachusetts Provides Free COVID-19 Telehealth Services to Uninsured Residents

• Cleveland Clinic Applies EHR Data, Analytics to COVID-19 Research Initiative

• EHR Vendor Pays $1.7M Fine for Defrauding Meaningful Use

• EHNAC Launches Revised Certification Program for ePrescribing of Controlled Substances

• Banner Health $8.9 Million Data Breach Settlement Gets Court Nod

• HL7 International and Audacious Inquiry Collaborate to Support COVID-19 Response

• LexisNexis Risk Solutions Launches COVID-19 National Data Resource Center

• Availity's COVID-19 Provider Resource Center Consolidates Key Payer Information

• HHS Delays Parts of the Interoperability Rules

• COVID-19 Prompts NUBC to Add New Code

• Doctors Struggle to Get Paid for Telehealth Visits

• Wolters Kluwer Collaborates With AHIMA to Provide Members With MediRegs Content

• MDmetrix Reveals Which States Have Flattened the COVID-19 Death Curve

• Two New CPT Codes Effective Immediately

• LabCorp and Ciox Health Enter Collaboration to Create Comprehensive Patient Data Registry

• Bayhealth IT Staff Denied Work From Home

• Illinois Launches Statewide Telehealth Program

• HIPAA Does Not Override Public Access to COVID-19 Data

• Health IT Leaders Call for National COVID19 Surveillance System

• How to Receive 100% Reimbursement When Waiving Cost Sharing

• Free Platforms Address COVID-19 Coding and Documentation

• Verato Announces Telehealth Identity Bridge

• AMA Expands Digital Health Playbook Series to Aid Telemedicine Implementation

• Committee Announces Paper Hearing on Big Data and the Coronavirus

• Providence St. Joseph Using Twistle Remote Monitoring Technology for 700 COVID Patients

• AHIMA Develops Tools to Help Clinical Documentation Integrity Professionals During COVID-19

• CMS Publishes MS-DRG Information for COVID-19 and Relaxes Other Regulations

• AMA Announces New CPT Guidance During COVID-19 Pandemic

• Great Valley Publishing Company Receives ACCME® Provisional Accreditation as a Provider of Continuing Medical Education

• FAQs ICD-10-CM Coding of COVID-19

• MIT Sloan Group Releases Tools and Recommendations to Prevent Health System Collapse

• OCR Clarifies HIPAA Liability on Telehealth Use During COVID-19

• COVID-19 Has New Code in April

• Facing Coronavirus Pandemic, US Confronts Cyberattacks

• Health System Uses AI Virtual Assistant to Improve COVID-19 Screenings

• HHS Issues Limited Waiver of HIPAA Sanctions Due to Coronavirus

• AMA Announces Fast Track for CPT Code Development on Novel Coronavirus Test

• AHIMA Responds to Information Blocking Rule

• ONC Releases Cures Act Final Rule

• PatientKeeper Appoints Philip Meer CEO

• Can Knowing Common Search Terms Lead to Better Usability of EHRs?

• Start Using New Diagnosis Code for Vaping-Related Disorder on April 1

• AMA, Nuance Partnership Focuses on Documentation Burden 

• AI Can Scan Doctors’ Notes to Distinguish Between Types of Back Pain

• Accounting Firm Ransomware Hack Affects Community Care Patient Data

• HHS Announces Strategy to Help Clinicians Better Use HIT

• Health Groups Press for Solution to Patient Matching Problem

• Wyoming Health System COO Recounts Ransomware Attack

• Prison Inmate Medical Record Info Exposed

• Woman Wants Rochester Regional Health Held Accountable for Alleged HIPAA Violations

• 3M Sues IBM Watson Health Over Software Use

• Scientists Develop Noninvasive Method to Predict Onset of Dementia

• AMA Survey: Digital Health Tools Gain Momentum Among Physicians

• Washington Senator Questions VA’s Preparedness to Implement EHR

• Judge Rules Against HHS Over HIPAA Right of Access Third-Party Fees

• Verma Takes a Shot at Epic for Using Privacy Concerns to 'Hold Patient Data Hostage'

• Coronavirus Raises Privacy Concerns for Health Care Providers and their Workers

• PracticeFusion to Pay $145 Million Over Opioid Kickback Allegations

• Health Data Breach Not Reported for Seven Months

• Information Blocking Guidance to the HIT Community Published

• Z Code Use Inches Up as Medicare Providers Document SDoH Data

• Survey Examines Patient Portal Use

• Can Clinical Decision Tools in the EHR Cut Clinician Burnout?

• Opioid Rx Drop When Default EMR Settings Change

• Stanford Report Suggest More Physicians Will Become Data-Driven

• New Algorithm Predicts Gestational Diabetes

• Former HHS Secretary Thompson Skeptical of Data-Sharing Rules

• Draft Federal HIT Strategic Plan Supports Patient Access to Their Own Health Information

• Hospitals, Nonprofits Tackle Social Determinants of Health With Digital Network of Providers

• Ransomware Attacks Reported by Florida and Texas Health Care Providers

• Providers' Underuse of Analytics Could Be Costing Health Care Consumers Billions of Dollars

• Enloe Targeted by Ransomware Attack and Elective Procedures Delayed

• DCH Health System Patients File Federal Suit Over Ransomware Attack

• University of Vermont Health Network Rolling Out New EHR

• EHRs Creating a ‘New Era’ of Health Care Fraud

• Study Finds Tech Issues With ONC-Certified EHRs That Could Cause Patient Harm

• OCR, DOE Updates Privacy Guidance on Sharing Student Health Records

• Canadian Lab Pays Hackers to Recover Data on 15M Customers

• Hackensack Meridian Paid Ransom for Cyberattack That Shut Down Computer Network

• AMA Issues Checklist for the Transition to E/M Office Visit Changes

• CHIME Honors “Most Wired” Organizations

• Telehealth Increases PCPs’ Accurate Diagnosis of Skin Conditions

• Cybersecurity and Privacy Top Barriers for Monetizing Data

• Piedmont Health Care Reaping Benefits From Scribes

• Kalispell Regional Healthcare Facing Possible Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach

• WEDI Announces Slate of New 2020 Board of Directors 

• Life Insurance Company to Utilize EMRs

• Nebraska Medicine Discovers Insider Data Breach

• John Halamka, MD, Named President of Mayo Clinic Platform

• Even If All Goes Right With Overhaul, Veterans Still Face a Health Records Mess

• Digital-Health Dollars Are a Disruptive Force, but Many Investors Stand to Get Burned

• Russian Hackers Infiltrate Health Tech Company

• Google Demos Its EHR-like Clinical Documentation Tool

• Better Use of Data Can Help Fight US Opioid Epidemic, Report Shows

• Yale Study: Doctors Give EHRs an ‘F’

• Apple Launches Three Innovative Studies in the New Research App

• Can ‘Smart Toilets’ Be the Next Health Data Wellspring?

• New AI Model Tries to Synthesize Patient Data Like Doctors Do

• New Research Intensifies AMA’s Call for Improved EHR Usability

• Texas HHS Commission Penalized $1.6M for HIPAA Violations

• Google’s Health Plans Slowly Being Revealed

• Google to Acquire Fitbit, Valuing the Smartwatch Maker at About $2.1 Billion

• Utah Eye Center May Have Been Hacked

• Study Shows Medical Scribes Increase the Number of Patients Seen Per Day

• Mark Cuban Is Mad About Health Care. Here's What He Wants to Do About It

• Do EHRs Properly Match Physical Examinations in the ER?

• CDC Issues Coding Guidance for Vaping

• New Research Reveals Updated Patient Preferences on Digital Health Technology

• Google Appoints Karen DeSalvo to New Chief Health Officer Role

• Texas Health System Breach Larger Than Previously Thought

• AdvaMed Launches Center for Digital Health

• California Doctors to Record Patient Visit Notes With Apple Watch

• DCH Pays Hackers Responsible for Ransomware Attack

• Specific National Code for Prader-Willi Syndrome Expected to Facilitate Research, Improve Patient Care

• Why VA Is Scrapping a Successful Pilot in Favor of Cerner’s Scheduling System

• Majority of Clients Unsatisfied With Cerner’s EHR Implementation

• Senator Paul Continues Fight Against National Health ID, But Backers See Benefits

• Report: Why Health Data Privacy Needs More Than HIPAA

• Senator Seeks Answers to Negligent Cybersecurity Practices by Health Care Company

• AHIMA and Provider Groups Call for Enhanced Security and Clarification on Information Blocking Rule

• Patient Alleges Medical Companies Have Failed to Provide Records

• Study Questions the Accuracy of EHR Documentation in the ED

• Hospital Upcoding Behind Increase in Inpatient Spending in Massachusetts

• Texas Physician Using EHR Patient Portal for Risk Management

• For Many Trans People, Telemedicine Is the Best Shot for Decent Health Care

• US Needs Cyber-Savvy Doctors as Connected Device Use Rises, FDA Panel Says

• Emoji Buttons Gauge Emergency Department Sentiments in Real Time

• Digital Health Records Are Bringing Better Care and Less Cost to California Consumers

• Google Forges 10-Year Strategic Partnership With the Mayo Clinic

• HHS Announces HIT Awardees Focused on Innovative Interoperability Solutions

• Ahead of Dorian, Limited HIPAA Waiver Issued

• Regenstrief Scientist Recommends Ways to Improve EHRs

• AMA Releases 2020 CPT Code Set

• Smartphones Could Transform Patient Care, Finds Study

• Making Sense of the Health Care Data Deluge

• Survey Finds Majority of Consumers Open to Telehealth

• Phishing Attack Nabs Data of 183,000 Patients

• Trump Officials Propose Easing Privacy Rules to Improve Addiction Treatment

• Interoperability Has a Long Way to Go, Experts Say

• Alarming Number of Health Care Workers Lack Cybersecurity Training

• Sonoma Valley Hospital Loses 3-Letter Domain Name to Hijackers

• Apple Health Team Faces Departures as Tensions Rise Over Differing Visions for the Future

• Health Care Provider Compliance With the HIPAA Right of Individual Access: A Scorecard and Survey

• Privacy Beyond HIPAA in Voice Technology

• Research Highlights Challenges to Interoperability 

• Artificial Intelligence Could Yield More Accurate Breast Cancer Diagnoses

• Personal Data of More Than 10,000 FDNY EMS Patients May Be Compromised

• Digital Health Top Concern of Leading Health Care Institutions

• Missouri Medical Center Pays Ransomware to Free Computer System

• Carestream Health Completes Sale of HIT Business to Philips in Majority of Countries

• Patients Provide Feedback on ICD-11 Mental Health Guidelines

• Imperial Health Ransomware Attack Impacts More Than 111,000 Patients

• CMS Advances MyHealthEData With New Pilot to Support Clinicians

• CVS Health Launches Social Determinants Provider Network

• AHIMA and CHIME Urge Senate to Support Lifting Ban on Federal Funding for Unique Patient Identifier

• Health Systems Boards Lack Sufficient Oversight Over Technology, Survey Reveals

• Phishing Attack Exposes LA County Patient Data

• Premera Reaches $10M Settlement With 30 States Over 2014 Data Breach

• FCC Seeks Comment on Proposed $100 Million Connected Care Pilot Program

• PATH Develops Ethical Guidelines on the Use of AI in Health Care

• Survey: Female CIOs Earn More Than Male Counterparts

• Researchers Discover Personalized Medicine Software Vulnerability

• FDA Warns of Dangerous Cyber Vulnerabilities on Medtronic Insulin Pumps

• UnitedHealth Group Acquires PatientsLikeMe

• Pressure Builds to Secure Health Care Data

• New ICD-10-CM Codes Released by CMS

• HFMA Revamps Membership Plan

• Computer Issues Force Hospital to Use Paper Documentation

• Patients Value Access to Web-Based Visit Notes When Choosing a New Provider

• Voice Assistants Can Be Trained to Detect Heart Attacks

• WEDI Offers Public Comments on TEFCA Draft

• Sequoia Projects Issues Response to Proposed TEFCA Rules

• Report: Digital Health Innovation Stymied by Poor Data Sharing

• 2019 HIM Professional Census Reveals Opportunities in Revenue Cycle

• Hospital to Pay $300,000 in Damages in Medical Records Case

• NextGate Comments on the Removal of the Federal Ban on Funding an NPI

• Humana, Epic Team to Display Drug Costs in EHR

• Los Angeles Physician Found Guilty in $33 Million Fraud Scheme

• Vermont Supreme Court Ruled Patient Can Sue Hospital and Employee for Privacy Violation

• University of Chicago Medicine Says Some Donor, Patient Information Mistakenly Exposed

• AMA: HIT Proposals Must Do More for Patient Privacy

• Multistate HIPAA Settlement Represents New Era for Patient Data Enforcement

• Quest Diagnostics Breach May Have Exposed Personal Data for Nearly 12 Million Patients

• Interoperability Program Attracts Critics — Rule Called Too Vague, Full of Loopholes

• EHR Vendor Penalized Again, This Time by States

• Business Associates Reminded of HIPAA Duties

• English City to Employ Chatbots to Help Patients Decide on ED Visits

• Five Steps Toward EHRs That Are Easier for Physicians to Use

• Twenty Boxes of Medical Records Found in Dumpster

• Former Penn Medical Assistant Accused of Improperly Accessing Patient Records

• Is Health Care Data the New Blood?

• Patients Reading Visit Notes Report Striking Benefit Over Time

• Alexander on EHRs: Don’t Go Too Far, Too Fast

• Medical Imaging Company to Pay $3 Million HIPAA Fine

• US Doctors Use Medical Records to Fight Measles Outbreak

• Facebook Announces New Steps in Allowing Users to Ask Health Questions Anonymously

• HHS OCR to Reduce Maximum Civil Penalties for HIPAA Violations

• EHRs May Pose Challenges for Chemotherapy Patients

• Why a Furniture Maker Had to Report a Health Data Breach

• Comment Period Extended for Proposed Interoperability Rule

• Successful Phishing Attack Nabs PHI at Palmetto Health

• Report Highlights Alarming State of Cybersecurity in Health Care

• Phishing Attack Compromises Patient Data

• A Q&A With Karen DeSalvo

• Doctors More Likely to Prescribe Preventive Therapy When Prompted by EMR Extension

• EHR Documentation Reflects ‘Paper Note Paradigm’

• Senator: Give Patients Their Health Info, Please

• Patient Sues UConn Health in Federal Court Over February Data Breach

• FDA Chief Calls for Stricter Scrutiny of EHRs

• Is Your Sleep Apnea Machine Snitching to Your Insurer?

• U-M Launches Health Study Using Apple Watch

• Arizona's Medicaid Program Warns 3,100 Enrollees About Privacy Breach

• Amazon Gives AI to Harvard Hospital in Tech’s Latest Health Push

• MedPAC to Call for National Medicare ED Coding Approach

• The Atul Gawande Health Care Company Finally Has a Name: Haven

• ONC’s Proposed API Rule Open for Comment

• Rush Reports Data Breach Involving 45,000 Patients

• New Electronic Order Set Helps Reduce ECG Overmonitoring

• AHIMA Partnership Designed to Streamline Query Process

• Report Highlights Bullish Outlook by Medical Billing Companies

• Bad Actors Getting Your Health Data Is the FBI’s Latest Worry

• UConn Health Notifying Patients of Data Breach

• Report: Apps Give Facebook Sensitive Health and Other Data

• Cedars-Sinai Taps Alexa for Smart Hospital Room Pilot

• Yale to Establish Health Informatics Program

• Former eHealth Technologies CEO Accused of Defrauding Company out of $455K

• ISMP Calls for a System-Based Response to Errors, Not Criminal Prosecution

• Statement From AHIMA CEO on Proposed Rules on Information Blocking and Interoperability

• ONC Calls for Adoption of Standardized APIs

• Senators Fret Over HIPAA Weakening to Ease SNF Communication

• CHIME Launches Innovation Initiative to Spur Advancements in HIT

• Big Data Approach Shown to Be Effective for Evaluating Autism Treatments

• Telemedicine's Challenge: Getting Patients to Click the App

• WEDI White Paper Addresses EHR-Created Administrative Burden

• Therapeutic Pathways Embedded in EHR to Improve Cancer Care

• Innovation and EHRs: Can They Get Along?

• AHIMA World Congress Releases Case Study Showing Value of CDI to Hospitals

• WEDI Announces New 2019 Chair and Chair-Elect

• Singapore Says American Leaked 14,200 HIV Records

• Victim Count in Alaska Health Department Breach Soars

• New Payment Model Emphasizes Coding at Skilled Nursing Facilities

• New Orleans Hospital, Retirement Community Succeed at Telehealth

• Walgreen's, Microsoft Announce Partnership

• Apple Health Off to Good Start at UC San Diego Health

• 3 Ways to Make EHRs Less Time-Consuming for Physicians

• Indiana Health Care Group Hit by Third-Party Data Breach

• Most US Patients Not Using Online Medical Portals

• California Panel Recommends EHR Plan to Boost Precision Medicine

• Verato Secures $10 Million Investment 

• AHIMA Announces 2019 Board President/Chair, New Board Members

• 3M to Acquire M*Modal's Technology Business

• Effectiveness of UK Chatbot Called Into Question

• University of Maryland Medical System Investigating Malware Attack

• Good Luck Correcting That Medical Record Error

• Amazon, AI and Medical Records: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?

• Physician Group's Failure to Enter Into BA Agreement Proves Costly

• Mix-Up Sends Patient Records to Recycling Not Shredding

• AMA Study Offers First National Estimate of Telemedicine Use by Physician

• 10 Ingredients Making VA's e-Health Record Program Sick

• UnitedHealth Gains as Amazon E-Records Push Ruffles Few Feathers

• Two Iranian Men Indicted for Ransomware Attack

• UnitedHealth's IHR Shows Promise

• Atrium Health Says Data of About 2.65 Million Patients Involved in Breach

• Patients Discharged Sooner in Hospitals With Highest Use of EHRs

• Ohio, West Virginia Hospitals Hit by Ransomware Attack

• VA Turns to Apple to Develop Patient-Facing Mobile EHR

• Health Care Providers—Not Hackers—Leak More of Your Data

• Cybersecurity, Telehealth, Interoperability Are Focus of Health Leaders in 2019

• Florida Health Group Victimized by Phishing Attack

• Unauthorized Hospital Employee Accesses Patient Information

• Athenahealth to Be Acquired by Veritas Capital

• Patients With Portal Experience Less Willing to Wait for Imaging Results

• Veritas Capital, Elliott Acquire Athenahealth

• Study: HIT Improves Nursing Home Care

• Skepticism, Intrigue Surround UnitedHealth's EHR Venture

• MRI Installation Disabled iPhones at Illinois Medical Facility

• Faulty EHR Implementation Proves Costly

• LabCorp Enables Health Records on iPhone

• Most Wired Trends Report Highlights Gains and Challenges for Providers

• AHIOS Names New President

• Health Records on iPhone Now Available to Henry Ford Patients

• Zhejiang Hospital Scans Faces to Register Patients

• Is Facebook Spying on Cancer Sufferers in the Name of Advertising?

• Telehealth Company HealthRight Charged in $1B Fraud Scheme

• Penn Medicine Initiative Aims to Create Clinician-Friendly EHR

• Editorial Urges Progress on EHR Alerts

• Medical Documentation AI System Sopris Health Raises $3.4M

• Oklahoma DHS Could Have Sent Private Medical Info to Wrong Addresses

• The Joint Commission Issues Patient Identification Advisory

• VA, DOD Not Sure Who Is in Charge of Cerner EHR Rollout

• Health Care Payments Firm Wants to Merge With Athenahealth

• New York Hospital Terminates Employees for Breach Violation

• MA Physician Gets 1-Year Probation for Criminal HIPAA Violation

• After EMR Implementation, Surgeons Spend Less Time Interacting With Patients

• Study Finds Consumers Are More Engaged, Collecting More Personal Health Data

• New Tool Can Help Patients and Family Caregivers Get, Use, Share Health Records

• Novant Adds MyChart Feature for Sharing EHRs

• Small Study Finds Scribes a Success

• Physicians Say Health Information Exchange Would Help Fight Opioid Epidemic

• ABC News Documentary Leads to HIPAA Violation Fines Against Boston Hospitals

• Triaging Modern Medicine's Cybersecurity Issues

• Independence Blue Cross Reports Data Breach

• AHIMA White Paper Offers Data Governance Advice

• Connecticut Gets $12 Million From CMS to Launch HIE

• Elliott Management Reportedly the Lead Bidder for Athenahealth as UnitedHealth, Cerner Drop Out

• Administrative Delays Threaten the Promise of the 21st Century Cures Act

• Texas Schools Using Telemedicine for Behavioral Health Consuling

• AMA Releases 2019 CPT Code Set

• Insurers Profit From Medicare Advantage's Incentive to Add Coding That Boosts Reimbursement

• Mailing Error Exposes Health Information of Kids on Missouri Medicaid

• A Q&A With John Halamka on Interoperability

• New Study Contradicts Notion That EHRs Are Driving Doctors to Quit

• VA Cerner EHR Project CHIO Genevieve Morris Resigns

• Is It Possible to Have a Google for EHRs?

• Study: Patients Do Better When Physicians Follow Computerized Alerts

• Medical Bills Mistakenly Dumped at a Dump

• Report Ponders Whether Babies Should Have Their Genomes Sequenced

• Software Flaws Expose Millions of Patient Records

• Tech Giants Pledge to Support Health Data Access

• Brain Cancer Data Made Available

• How Apple Brings Health Records to the Smartphone

• Community Health Systems Facing EHR Meaningful Use Investigation

• CMS Finalizes Changes to Empower Patients and Reduce Administrative Burden

• Phishing Attack Affects More Than One Million Patients at Iowa Hospital

• OIG Fines eClinicalWorks $132,500 for Patient Safety Reporting Failures

• California Law a Game-Changer for Health Apps

• VA and IBM Watson Health Extend Partnership to Support Veterans With Cancer

• Diameter Health and Indiana Health Information Exchange Continue Collaboration Following Successful Pilot

• Soldiers Test Army's Newest Transport Telemedicine Technology

• Study Points to Need for Performance Standards for EHR Usability and Safety

• FDA Issues Policy to Facilitate the Use of EHR Data in Clinical Investigations

• HIV Data Exposed at Tennessee Health Agency 

• Medicare Proposes to Pay Docs for Analyzing Texted Photos

• CMS Proposes Changes to Improve EHR Documentation

• UW Medicine Approves $180M Plan to Implement Single EHR Platform

• California Law Introduces New Data Concerns for Health Care Organizations

• Fake Twitter Account Causing Headaches for Mayo Clinic

• Ohio Hospital Faxing Confidential Info to Woman's House

• CMS Launches Data Element Library Supporting Interoperability

• Atul Gawande to Lead Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Venture

• MD Anderson Ordered to Pay $4.3M HIPAA Fine

• Walmart Patents Blockchain System for Accessing Medical Records

• Google Is Training Machines to Predict When a Patient Will Die

• Report: EHR Industry Anticipates Titans to Spur Innovation

• New Research Shows Up to 1,000 Patients Harmed by Medical Device Breaches

• Phoenix Health Care Organization Victimized by Phishing Incident

• New AMA Policy Targets EHR Training in Medical Schools, Residency Programs

• CDC Releases ICD-10-CM 2019 Code Changes

• MGMA Asks CMS to Enforce HIPAA Rules on Health Insurers

• Colorado Passes Data Protection Law Requiring Breach Notification Within 30 Days

• Stanford Symposium Addresses the Good and Bad of EHRs

• UC San Diego Joins Open Notes

• Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush Steps Down as Board Considers a Sale

• Lawsuit Claims Coder Fired for Refusing to Ignore Improper Billing

• Man Sues CVS After Wife Learns He Has a Viagra Prescription

• JPMorgan, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway Partnership Upsets Health Care Companies

• South Carolina Prison System to Adopt EHR

• Survey Finds Technology Is the New Determiner of Patient Satisfaction

• Report: Health Care Only Industry With More Internal Than External Cyber Incidents

• AMA and Google Launch Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge

• Smartphone 'Scores' Can Help Doctors Track Severity of Parkinson's Disease Symptoms

• Study: Hospital IT Smartphone Investments Are Driving Clinical Transformation

• AHIMA Members Tackle Opioid Epidemic, Patient Matching on Capitol Hill

• AHIMA Calls for Nominations for Its Prestigious Grace Award

• Veterans With Type 2 Diabetes Improve Blood Sugar Control Using Telehealth

• Allscripts and Lyft Partner to Eliminate Transportation Barriers to Health Care

• Survey: Consumers Want Digital Health Care to Mirror Retail Experiences

• Nuance AI Technology to Be Featured in Epic EHR

• NextGen Healthcare Launches New Corporate Logo and Brand Identity

• HL7 Argonaut Project Takes Major Step Forward for FHIR

• Record Reviews Shed Light on HCC Coding

• EHRs Don't Reduce Administrative Costs

• CMS Launches Voluntary Bundled Payment Model

• Allscripts to Acquire Practice Fusion for $100 Million

• AHIMA Names Dr. Wylecia Wiggs Harris as New CEO

• AHIMA Announces 2018 Board President/Chair, New Board Members

• Ophthalmologists Increasingly Dissatisfied With EHRs

• In Response to Opioid Crisis, OCR Reiterates HIPAA Guidelines

• CMS Releases 2018 EHR Incentive Program Fact Sheet

• FCC Repeals Net Neutrality Rules, Potentially Affecting Telemedicine

• New Survey Sheds Light on Digital Priorities of Health System Leaders

• Fragmented Data Represents Health Care Providers' Biggest Barrier to Determining Total Cost of Care

• WEDI Announces Slate of New 2018 Board of Directors

• Survey Raises Concerns About Safety of Text Messaging Medical Orders

• Meaningful Use Relief Bill Reintroduced in Senate

• Senator Wants to Get EHRs "Out of the Ditch"

• CMS' Verma Announces "Meaningful Measures" Initiative

• Fewer Lab Tests Can Produce Better Patient Results

• Cancer Patients to Docs: Ditch Laptop During Clinic Visits

• WEDI-Con 2017 Agenda Released

• M*Modal Comments on Nuance Lawsuit

• Nuance Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against M*Modal

• AMA to Launch Integrated Health Model Initiative

• Coding Contest Lends Insight Into Accuracy, Productivity

• Harvey and Irma Giving a Boost to Behavioral Health Telemedicine

• Navicure, ZirMed Join Forces

• AHDPG Debuts Online Discussion Forum for Scribes

• In ED, Electronic Alert Helps Detect Severe Sepsis in Children

• Report: Physicians Spend Half Their Day Performing Data Entry

• Study Sets New Distance Record for Medical Drone Transport

• CHIME and DirectTrust Announce Collaboration

• MeHI Grants Aim to Improve Electronic Reporting of Child Behavioral Health Data

• White Paper Suggests FHIR and Direct Can Complement Each Other

• HIMSS Survey: Health Care Organizations Stepping Up Cybersecurity Defenses 

• Nuance Restores Service to the Majority of Clients on Its Flagship Transcription Platform

• HIMSS Names Harold "Hal" Wolf III as New President/CEO

• Fewer Than One in Four Docs Feel Prepared for MACRA

• Survey: Most Executives Concerned About Poor Medication History Data

• Physician Dubs EHRs an "Experiment"

• IBM Research, Sutter Health Collaborate to Train Research Models That Could Be Used for Identifying Heart Failure Earlier

• EHNAC Executive Director Issues Statement on Ransomware Attack

• Smartphones in the ED Can Help Discharge Patients Faster

• Vermont HIE Connects With VA

• Big Data Shines Light on Rare Diseases

• AHDPG Launches Certification Exam for Medical Scribes

• Use of Telemedicine for Mental Health in Rural Areas on the Rise but Uneven

• EHR Data Can Help Educate Patients

• Vanderbilt's EHR Install Will Test Financial Mettle

• Displaying Lab Costs in EHR Doesn't Effect Physician Ordering Behavior

• AMA, Regenstrief Institue to Launch EHR Training Effort in Medical Schools

• WellDoc, Samsung to Join Forces

• Health Record Banking Alliance Joins NATE

• WEDI Announces Election of New 2017–2018 Board Chair and Chair-Elect

• HL7 Announces Winners of FHIR Applications Roundtable

• EHR Management Tops ECRI's List of Top Safety Concerns

• Revenue Cycle and Coding Strategies Merge

• Group Issues New Set of Patient Identification Recommendations

• American Well, Samsung to Partner

• HIPAA Settlement Shines Light on Importance of Audit Controls

• AHDI Announces New Career Map for Health Care Documentation Sector

• Survey: CIOs Plan to Spend Big to Optimize EMR

• DirectTrust Issues Interoperability Recommendations 

• Usability Testing Supports HIT Partnership's Copy and Paste Recommendations 

• AHIMA Issues Apology for Website Troubles

• Study Highlights Differences Between Patient-Reported Symptoms and EMR Documentation

• Merger Creates California's Largest HIE

• WEDI Releases Issue Brief on Introduction to Telehealth Codes

• AHIMA Launches Enhanced Membership Model

• Survey Illustrates Health Care's Digital Divide

• AHIMA Announces 2017 Board President/Chair, New Board Members

• Aviacode Acquires Medical Coding Company Revant Solutions

• University Coalition to Help Integrate Patient-Reported Outcomes in EHRs

• HIMSS CEO Lieber to Retire

• Smartphone Apps May Help Study Cardiovascular Health, Behaviors 

• New Alliance to Develop Guidelines for Evaluation of mHealth Apps

• Carequality, CommonWell Health Alliance to Collaborate

• Student Startup Plans to Offer App That Can Detect Concussions

• CHIME, HIMSS Partner to Expand Global Impact

• eHealth Exchange Expands Support for Disabled Veterans

• CMS Awards New Recovery Audit Contracts

• Survey: Health Care Lags Behind Other Industries in IT Investments

• Case Study Examines the Role of HIM Professionals in Facility Closure

• ePrescriptions Associated With Less Nonadherence to Dermatologic Rx

• Digital Brings Fresh Challenges for Three-Fourths of CIOs

• CPT Code Granted for RF Ablation of Uterine Fibroids

• Organizations Not Doing Enough to Promote HIPAA Compliance and Mobile Security

• EHNAC, HITRUST Aim to Simplify Security Compliance

• Health Navigator Partners With Find-A-Code

• AHIMA Launches Program to Expand International Presence

• HIMSS Unveils New Cybersecurity Hub

• CMS Announces New Initiative to Increase Clinician Engagement

• Siemens Healthineers, IBM Watson to Tackle Population Health Management

• US Surgeon General Warns of Possible Computer Breach

• Consortium Receives $7 Million Grant for Health Care Apprenticeships

• EHNAC Releases New 2017 Accreditation Criteria Versions

• With ICD-10 Changes Looming, Physician Practices Should Take These Three Steps

• AMA Survey Finds Physicians Enthusiastic About Digital Health Innovation

• Go Beyond Patient Portals to Engage Consumers, Report Says

• AHIMA, ARGO Launch Patient ID Education Effort

• HBMA, Coding Strategies Collaborate to Offer Education Tools

• HL7 Announces C-CDA Rendering Tool Challenge Winners

• Survey: EHRs Have Taken Over, Except for Hearts and Minds

• Cerner to Integrate 3M Patient-Centric Software for Population Health Management

• Predictive Analytics Can Help Shorten ED Wait Times

• CommonWell Members Enable Patient Access to Their Health Data

• Study: Hospital IT Anxious About Growing Mobile Security Threats

• New Study Shows In-Transit Telemedicine Speeds Ischemic Stroke Treatment

• AHDI Announces New 2016–2017 Board Members, Executive Committee

• Carequality Network Up and Running

• AHIMA Updates CDI Toolkit

• AHIMA Shares Recommendations on Transforming the HIM Profession

• Medical Students Using EHRs to Track Former Patients

• Coding Strategies President to Receive AHRA Gold Award

• AHIMA Applauds Patient Identification Efforts

• MACRA? What's That?, Ask Physicians

• OpenNotes Announces New Executive Director

• Are EHR Incentives a Bear Trap?

• AHIMA Survey: Coding Accuracy Unaffected by ICD-10 Transition

• Will MACRA Hurt Independent Physician Practices?

• AMA CEO Madara Outlines Digital Challenges, Opportunities Facing Medicine

• AMA and Other Medical Societies Call for a Change in Interoperability Measurements

• Equation Acquired by MedAssets-Precyse

• CHIME Launches New Center to Help Industry Improve Cybersecurity

• CHIME Board Chair Calls for Coordinated Cybersecurity Strategy

• Charles W. Stellar Named WEDI President and CEO

• Agreement Allows for EHRs to Include Heart, Lung Sounds

• Study: Medical Centers Making Significant Investments in Smartphone-Based Communications

• WEDI's Final ICD-10 Survey Charts Successful Implementation

• San Jose Facility Announces Data Breach

• Global Alzheimer's Research Data-Sharing Network Continues to Grow

• Senate REBOOT Members Release Draft Legislation to Improve Meaningful Use

• GS1, Terminology Organization to Collaborate on Interoperability

• Survey: 76% of Consumer Who Use Digital Health Tools Say They Improve Health

• Ten Security Questions Every CIO Must Be Able to Answer

• Groups Say Patient Access Critical to Interoperability

• Black Book Rankings Releases EHR Loyalty Index

• Majority of HIT Security Professionals Experienced a Data Breach, Feel Vulnerable 

• HIT, Patient Identification, and Behavioral Health Issues Top Patient Safety Concerns

• AMGA Comments on SAMHSA's Privacy Stance

• Chairman Alexander Urges HHS to Implement Cybersecurity Law

• AHIMA Lauds Early Release of New ICD-10 Codes

• UPMC to Fund First 6 Projects From Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance

• AHIMA Launches Petition for National Voluntary Patient Safety Identifier

• Health Care Coalition Calls for Shortened Meaningful Use Reporting Period

• White Paper Asks Why Patient Portals Are Failing to Catch On

• HealthPort, IOD, Care Communications, ECS Announce New Name

• Half of Millennials Have Delayed Health Care Treatment Due to Cost

• WEDI Opens ICD-10 Postimplementation Survey for Industry Participation

• HIT Safety Organization Releases Copy and Paste Recommendations

• Pagers Proving Costly, Survey Says

• Rutgers to Launch Healthcare Services Management Masters Program

• India Launches Digital Platform for Children's Health Records 

• PwC Launches Digital Initiative to Improve Medical Research

• Patient Access to Online Health Action Plans Enhances Rate of Preventive Care

• HIT Legislation Passes Senate Health Committee

• AHDI Submits Comments on Legislation to Improve EHR Functionality

• AHDI Waives Dues for Student Members

• Will Gun Control Policies Affect Patient Privacy?

• Report Finds Most HIT Budgets Continue to Climb

• Online Portals Could Improve Health for Adolescents

• Big-Name HIT Vendors Adopt Data Sharing Practices

• Most Health Care Organizations Unprepared for Precision Medicine

• H.I.M. ON CALL Announces New President

• WEDI Announces Interim President and CEO

• Devin Jopp Resigns as President and CEO of WEDI

• CHIME Issues Statement on Meaningful Use's Future

• Massachusetts Launches Comprehensive Digital Health Initiative

• Rita Bowen Joins MRO as Vice President, Privacy, HIM Policy and Education

• AHIMA Survey: Patient Matching Problems Routine in Health Care

• AHIMA Announces 2016 Board President/Chair, New Board Members

• NATE Partnering With CMS to Establish Blue Button on FHIR Pilot

• Study: Data Sharing Key to Cancer Research

• Organizations Name CIO of the Year

• Study Finds EHRs Can Hasten Drug Development

• HIMSS Introduces Tool to Measure HIT Value

• UF Medical Students Use Personalized Medicine to Catch Leukemia Before It Starts

• KLAS Finds Global EMR Adoption Rates Continue to Grow

• AMIA Urges CMS to Rethink Informatics Policies as New Models of Care Emerge

• Charter Oak State College's Online HIM Major Receives CAHIIM Accreditation

• AMA and MedStar Health Partner to Drive Improvements in EHR Usability

• Continuing the Pause in RAC Program Will Cost Medicare $47 Billion

• AHIMA Leads Call for Information Governance Standards

• eHealth Initiative Survey on Population Health Analytics: More Work to Do

• Survey: Physicians Desire Technology to Reduce Recordkeeping Headaches

• Americans Using Tech to Tackle Their Health and the Health System

• Poll Finds Dual Coding Top ICD-10 Concern

• ZirMed Offers Top 5 Tips as Providers Transition to ICD-10

• AHIMA Launches Service to Answer ICD-10 Questions

• Multi-Tasking in the ER: More Is Not Better

• Interoperability Tops 'To-Do' List According to Medical Students

• AMA and Other Medical Societies Call for a Pause in the Meaningful Use Program

• AHIMA, ImplementHIT Expand ICD-10 App Features

• Medfusion Launches Consumer Mobile App to Simplify Health Care Records

• WEDI Releases State ICD-10 Readiness Resources

• AHIMA's Newest Toolkit Focuses on Information Governance

• LTHC Offers Protection for Affected Individuals Following Cyberattack

• Emdeon to Rebrand as Change Healthcare 

• MGMA Calls on CMS to Extend 2015 Meaningful Use Reporting Period

• Navicure Survey Reveals Shaky Optimism Toward ICD-10 Readiness

• AHDI Announces the 2015 Integrity Award Winners

• Larger Physician Practices More Likely to Be Satisfied EHR Users

• Cell Phones Help Track Flu on Duke Campus

• Little Faith Shown in ONC's Interoperability Plan

• Premier Acquires Healthcare Insights

• US Coast Guard to Set Sail With InterSystems Platform

• HIMSS Introduces Connected Health Event

• Watson to Gain Ability to "See" With Planned $1B Acquisition of Merge Healthcare

• Health Catalyst Acquires Health Care DataWorks

• Latest WEDI ICD-10 Survey Shows Physician Practices Have Work to Do

• AHDI Releases Compensation Toolkit

• AHIMA Survey Shows Information Governance Becoming More Prominent

• Big Data Provides Insight Into Role of Commonly Prescribed Drug

• Anthelio Healthcare Solutions Acquires Pyramid Healthcare Solutions

• Up to 4.5 Million May Be Affected by UCLA Health Breach

• Pilot Design for Virtual Clipboard Initiative Unveiled

• White Paper Encourages HIM Participation in Interoperability Efforts

• Nation's Physicians to Urge Reboot of National Mandates for EHRs

• Most Wired Hospitals Focus on Security and Patient Engagement

• CMS Proposes OPPS Changes; Two-Midnight Rule Affected

• CHIME Offers Recommendations to Senate HELP HIT Working Group

• Healtheway Debuts New Name, Strategy

• CHIME Cofounder Richard A. Correll to Retire

• Telemedicine Proves Value in Managing Migraine

• eHealth Technologies and Orion Health Announce Partnership

• AMA Supports Medical Student Access to EHRs

• Researchers Identify Institutional Patterns in Medicare Reimbursement Favoring Procedures

• AHIMA Appoints Pamela Lane as Vice President of Government Relations

• HIMSS Comments on Meaningful Use, HIT Certification

• IBM's Watson to Work With Cancer Data

• Former Employee Taps Into California Health Data

• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Launches 10-Week Innovation Competition

• IBM Watson Health, Epic, and Mayo Clinic to Unlock New Insights From EHRs

• Laptop Stolen From Oregon Health CO-OP

• Senate Work Group to Focus on Improving EHRs

• ICD-10 Survey: Small Practices Not Trained, Not Ready for Transition

• TruClinic Partners With Google for Work

• AMA Announces New Coding Chair

• With Hospitals 'Drowning in Paperwork,' Patients Look to Internet for Treatment

• Women's Health Leader Dismayed by Proposed Changes to Meaningful Use Criteria

• Cerner Announces Apple Watch App

• CHIME Launches Social Platform

• New Study on Patient Engagement: High Hopes, Unfulfilled Promise

• Carequality Introduces Trust Principles for Secure Interoperability Among US Data Sharing Networks

• Banner Health, Cerner Form Multiyear Strategic Partnership

• ONC Launches Online Tools to Help States Reach HIT Goals

• HBMA, AHIMA Establish Partnership

• Privacy Group Says Interoperability Bill Puts Data at Risk

• Proposed Stage 3 Meaningful Use Rule Released

• AHIMA, HBMA Establish Partnership

• CHIME Issues National Patient ID Challenge

• Too Much at Stake to Halt ICD-10 Now

• Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance Takes Shape

• CAC and CDI Markets Grow as ICD-10 Approaches

• Terra Nova Appoints New COO

• CHIME and AMDIS Sign Management Services Agreement, Appoint New Executive Vice President of Medical Informatics and Patient Safety

• Consumer Blue Button Now Live

• 100 Physician Groups Call for Contingency Plans for ICD-10 Transition

• CMS Extends Deadline for Medicare Eligible Professionals to Attest to Meaningful Use

• AHIMA Joins New Information Governance Coalition

• Surescripts Adds NextGen Healthcare for Electronic Prior Authorization

• Survey: HIT Leaders Ill-Equipped to Address Privacy Threats

• WEDI Releases ICD-10 Readiness Survey for Industry Participation

• AMA: Meaningful Use Is Still Broken

• Report Suggests Ways to Improve HIT Research

• Survey of Small Physician Practices Reveals Significantly Lower Cost for ICD-10 Transition

• Dick Daniels to Lead Kaiser Permanente's HIT Efforts

• Senators Announce Oversight Initiative on HIT Security

• Patient Data at Risk Following Laptop Theft

• Researchers: Physician Guidelines for Googling Patients Need Revisions

• ONC Releases Interoperability Roadmap Draft

• CMS to Investigate Meaningful Use Changes

• HHS Announces Timetable for Shift to Value-Based Care

• AMA to ONC: EHR Certification Headed in the Wrong Direction

• ONC Names First Chief Health Information Officer

• IOM Report Proposes Professional Standards for Sharing of Clinical Trial Data

• The Healthcare Leadership Council Joins the Coalition for ICD-10

• athenahealth to Enter Hospital Market

• HIT Groups Welcome Reintroduction of Flex-IT Act

• Perceptive Software and Allscripts Forge Collaboration

• EvriChart Acquires ABI Document Support Services' SecureStore Business

• CHIME and KLAS Formalize Partnership Agreement

• New Guidance on End-to-End ICD-10 Testing With Medicare

• EHR Connects to Kansas Infectious Disease Registry

• VA to Tap Into Watson's Supercomputer Capabilities

• Health Care Groups Develop Pilot to Automate Patient Intake Process

• Patients Value EHRs, Want Even More Access

• Low MU Attestation Numbers Prompts CHIME Call for Action

• IMedX Releases Upgraded Documentation App

• New Federal HIT Strategic Plan Sets Stage for Better Sharing Through Interoperability

• HIPAA Audits Looming But Small Practices Far From Compliant

• First Healthcare Compliance and Coding Strategies Announce Channel Partnership

• Ingenious Med Partners With Athenahealth

• Prognosis Joins TruCode's Roster of EHR Partners

• CMS Releases New Proposal to Improve Accountable Care Organizations

• Study Says More Data Needed to Judge HIEs' Effectiveness

• EHRs to Deliver Health Care Savings of $78 Billion Over Next 5 Years

• CMS Creates New Chief Data Officer Post

• Free Documentation Templates Help Diagnose Flu

• Report: ICD-10 Costs Lower Than Expected for Small Physician Offices

• AMA Calls for Penalties to Be Removed From Meaningful Use

• Credit Management Company and Coding Concepts Form Partnership to Enhance Health Care Revenue Cycle Services

• AHIOS Announces New President and Executive Committee

• HL7 Announces New Advisory Council Members

• Organizations Recognize Long-Term Benefits of ICD-10

• Apprio to Lead PMO Team for E-Gov Initiative Managed by ONC

• MedStar Health Signs Expanded Agreement With Cerner

• Xerox Releases Ebola-Tracking Software

• CHIME and KLAS Partner to Support HIT Industry Performance  

• Pulse Systems Publishes Free eBook About ICD-10 

• ID Experts Releases Top 10 Medical Identity Fraud Protection Tips 

• Practice Fusion Launches New EHR Platform Optimized for Tablets 

• Study: Administrative Burden Greater for Physicians Who Use EHRs

• Scott Mackenzie Named M*Modal CEO

• CHIME Launches Two New Organizations

• Blog Series to Chronicle CCA Journey

• Research Firm Says Don't Blame EMR for Ebola Mistakes

• AMA Letter Details Blueprint for Stage 3 Meaningful Use Success

• Lucia Savage Named ONC Chief Privacy Officer

• Latest KLAS Report Examines CDI Market

• Surescripts, Epic Team on ePrescribing Project

• Murphy Leaves ONC for IBM; Read Announcement Here

• Information Governance Principles Key to Trustworthy Health Information

• FDA Takes Steps to Strengthen Cybersecurity of Medical Devices

• ACOs Struggling With HIT Interoperability

• Allscripts, Citra Health Announce Partnership

• Study Compares Performances of Cerner and Siemens

• ICD-10 Coalition to Tackle Capitol Hill

• A2iA Announces Five New A2iA Mobility Contracts

• AMA Calls for Design Overhaul of EHRs to Improve Usability

• Industry Leaders Call for Immediate Action to Amend 2015 EHR Reporting Period

• New Hampshire Expands Health Data Safeguards

• MedAptus Customers Getting Jump on ICD-10

• New Chairman, CEO at Pyramid Healthcare

• PwC to Propose Open Source EHR to DoD

• KLAS Report Looks at Shifting Ambulatory EMR Market

• IMedX Continues Market Growth

• Walgreens and Greenway Health Implement Largest Pharmacy EHR

• One-Quarter of Ambulatory EMRs in Danger of Being Replaced

• GAO Finds Medicare's Audit Contractors May Duplicate Efforts

• Practice Insight and AIMSVAR Resellers Take Aim at Easing the ICD-10 Transition

• AHIMA Building a Global Health Workforce Council

• Impact Advisors Joins Bid to Win DoD EHR Contract

• M*Modal Partners With athenahealth

• EHNAC Announces 2014 Final Criteria for HIE Accreditation Program

• AHDI Announces 2014-2015 Executive Board and 2014 Integrity Award Winners

• AHIMA Statement on ICD-10 Final Rule Announcement

• CHIME Launches Organization for Chief Security Officers in Health Care

• Turney Resigns as MGMA President and CEO

• AHIMA Partners With Information Governance Initiative

• HIT Thriving in Massachusetts

• Former ONC Leader Joins AHIMA Board as Advisor

• Accretive Health Names New President and CEO

• Report Confirms Cerner, Epic Domination of EHR Market

• NextGen, 3M to Offer ICD-10 Education

• Benefits of Front-End Speech Software Outweigh Physician Resistance 

• HIMSS Announces Inaugural mHealth Committee

• Survey: EHR Adoption Disrupting mHealth Growth

• AHIMA Endorses Learning Health System’s Core Values

• AHIMA: Use ICD-10 Delay to Ensure Its Success

• HIT Expert Named AMA President-Elect

• JaeLynn Williams Named President of 3M Health Information Systems

• Dell, Texas A&M to Create Health Technology Academy

• WEDI Proposes Aggressive Transition Roadmap in Letter to HHS

• March ICD-10 Testing Delivers Mixed Results

• Two-Thirds of Health Care Organizations Lack Information Governance Strategy

• AHDI Announces New 2014-2017 Newly Elected Board Members

• MRA Acquires TrustHCS’ Cancer Registry Division

• Ohio State, Moffit Use Big Data to Fight Cancer

• Aviacode Partners With AAPC

• Texting Improves Link Between Sick Teens and Doctors

• Elderly May Have Trouble Accessing Online Health Records

• ZirMed Acquires Intelligent Healthcare

• CMS Proposes Several Changes to MU Process

• School Health Information Exchange Off to Slow Start in PA

• CMS Official Buenning Resigns; Albright Steps Up

• US Mines Personal Health Data to Find the Vulnerable in Emergencies

• If Clean, Big Data Can Improve US Health Care

• KLAS Study Analyzes Epic's Data-Sharing Abilities

• Connecticut HIT Agency Gets Axed

• New York-Presbyterian, Columbia to Pay Largest HIPAA Settlement: $4.8 Million

• Houston, Austin Join Texas HIE

• Report: America's Best Hospital Fail to Meet Patients' Digital Demands

• Coalition Wants New ICD-10 Implementation Date Pronto

• MEGAS and Unicor Medical Merge to Form Unified Alpha II Company

• Make EHR Privacy a Priority, Says Adolescent Health Organization

• Nuance Appoints Trace Devanny to Lead its Health Care Business

• HL7 International Elects New Board Chair

• AHIMA Issues Statement on Copy-and-Paste Concerns

• AHIMA “Extremely Disappointed” With ICD-10 Vote

• ONC, West Health Institute Issue Interoperability Guidance

• Saint Luke’s Installs Real-Time Document Imaging

• Nominations Open for AHIMA’s Grace Award

• AHIMA Members Advocate for ICD-10, RAC Reform

• EHRs Can Be Used to Predict Sepsis Risk and Mortality

• Criminal Attacks on Health Care Organizations Increase 100%

• Care Communications, Records One Form Partnership

• HIE Solutions See Drop in Provider Satisfaction

• CHIME and HL7 Announce Partnership

• WEDI and EHNAC Intend to Accredit Practice Management System Vendors

• Pennsylvania HIOs Set to Electronically Send Patient Data to Providers

• AHIMA Launches Industrywide Information Governance Initiative

• HL7 Conformance Testing Program Launched

• MGMA Calls on CMS to Expand ICD-10 Testing

• Virginia Health System Identifies Patients At-Risk for Heart Trouble

• HIOs Form Alliance to Promote Health Information Exchange

• Latest Study Charts Slow ICD-10 Progress

• Webcam System Allows Loved Ones to View Newborns in NICU

• ICD-10 Cost Estimates Increased for Most Physicians

• EHRs Help Cut Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

• Despite Incentives, Physicians Not Keen on EHRs

• MGMA: Less Than 10% of Physician Practices Ready for ICD-10

• HHS Strengthens Patients’ Right to Access Lab Test Reports

• Massachusetts Group Launches Statewide ICD-10 Testing Program

• Former Allscripts Audit Director Charged With Insider Trading

• 2013 KLAS Winners Announced

• AHIMA President Cites Importance of Information Governance

• Top 10 Data Protection Strategies

• Rural Health Systems Establish ACO Organization

• Survey Finds Alarm Fatigue a Major Concern at Hospitals

• HL7 and Sparx Systems Announce 2014 Tooling Challenge

• EHNAC Appoints Five New Commissioners

• Telestroke Is Cost-Saving for Society

• ONC Introduces Tools for Safer EHR Use

• Survey Indicates Growing Confidence in Meeting ICD-10 Deadline

• Edward Marx Named CHIME-HIMSS 2013 John E. Gall, Jr. CIO of the Year

• EHNAC Releases Updated and Final 2014 Criteria for All Accreditation Programs

• Harry Totonis to Step Down as Surescripts CEO

• Using Tablets, Telemedicine to Speed Stroke Treatment

• AHIMA Announces 2014 Board President/Chair, Members

• Report: No Slowdown in Sight for Data Breaches

• Patient Advocate Says ACA Will Destroy Patient Privacy

• AHIMA Report Addresses Data Mapping Concerns

• Health Sciences South Carolina Launches Statewide Clinical Data Warehouse

• Ongoing Troubles With Connecting Systems a Concern for HIEs

• Colorado Hospital Debuts $30 Million EHR System

• Organization Releases 2014’s Top Health Technology Hazards

• CommonWell Names New Board of Directors

• AHIMA Discusses Patient Matching at Annual Meeting

• Survey: Canadians Want Access to Digital Health Tools

• Agreement Provides Students With Telehealth Access

• SOAP Earns Certified Women Owned Small Business Status

• AHIMA Exec Challenges HIM Professionals to Embrace Change

• Are Claims Executives Underestimating ICD-10 Impact?

• IBM's Watson, Cleveland Clinic to Collaborate on EMR Projects

• WRS Health Announces Partnership with Physician’s Desk Reference

• AHIMA Receives Funding to Boost International Education, Promote Profession

• MGMA Announces 2013-14 Board of Directors

• Hyland Software Partners With the Global Center for Healthcare Innovation

• Clinigence, dashboardMD Form Partnership

• AHIMA CEO Champions Patient Rights

• Follow-Up Survey Shows Progress Toward ICD-10

• Intermountain and Cerner Announce Strategic Partnership

• Ten Tips for Omnibus Compliance

• Health Level Seven Announces New Board Members

• Greenway Medical Technologies and Vitera Healthcare Solutions to Combine

• AMA Announces 2014 CPT Code Enhancements

• HHS Awards $5.3 Million to Boost HIT for Rural Areas

• AHIMA Calls for Set of National Guidelines for Visit Code Reporting

• Precyse Inks Deal With Meritus Health

• AirStrip Enters Into Strategic Partnership With Samsung

• MRO Acquires MTT Enterprises

• Physician Practices Report Increased IT Costs

• NIH Launches First National Down Syndrome Registry

• URAC Launches Clinical Integration and Accountable Care Accreditation Programs

• AHDI Announces New Board Members, Executive Committee

• Teladoc Acquires Consult A Doctor

• ZirMed and EHR Integration Services Partner to Provide Integration Services

• HBMA Unveils Professional Billing Service Locator

• Missouri HIE Debuts

• Lott QA Group to Use VitalWare Tools for ICD-10 Testing

• HIT Companies Join Forces at Intermountain’s Transformation Lab

• 2013 AHDI Integrity Award Winners

• NEMT Wins AHDI Technology Award

• Premier Reacts to Final IPPS Rule

• EHRs Help Fight Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

• Report: Sharing Data Helps Eliminate Unnecessary Tests

• Great Lakes HIE Launches CDC Compliant Immunization Gateway

• CMS Data Highlights EHR Effectiveness

• HIMSS Introduces Health IT Value Suite

• AHIMA, CHIME Announce Partnership

• Survey Finds EHRs Key to Transcriptionists’ New Career Paths

• Study: CAC More Effective When Paired With Coders

• HHS Issues HIT Safety Plan

• HRS Opens Coding Academy in Israel

• HBMA: When It Comes to ICD-10, Don’t Repeat 5010 Mistakes

• Survey: One Third of Physician Practices Yet to Begin ICD-10 Preparations

• Physician Groups Issue Seven Recommendations for EDIS Use

• Washington Adolescents At Risk for Diabetes Given Mobile PHRs

• $2.35 Million Grant to Accelerate Massachusetts Health Information Exchange

• Navicure Announces ICD-10 Readiness

• Vitera Healthcare Solutions Announces Acquisition of SuccessEHS

• BCBS, American Well to Deliver Telehealth in Massachusetts, Louisiana

• Laurie McGraw Joins Shareable Ink as CEO

• EHR Association Announces EHR Developer Code of Conduct

• AHIMA’s Apprentice Standards Certified by Labor Department

• Peak Health Solutions, ChartWise Form Partnership

• QualCode Offers Clients Online ICD-10 Course

• Iatric Systems Acquires Accent on Integration

• 2013 AHIMA Ballot Announced

• Data, Algorithm Can Eliminate Needless Blood Orders

• Halamka Joins Imprivata Board of Directors

• Texas Hospitals Ranked Based on Patient Engagement

• Former National HIT Coordinator Kolodner Joins ViTel Net

• CHIME Calls For Meaningful Use Stage 2 Extension

• AHIMA Advises CMS to Adopt EHR-Related Coding Guidelines

• 118 Providers Join Colorado HIE

• CMS Reiterates 2014 ICD-10 Deadline

• United Healthcare Executive Touts Use of Data Analytics at ICD-10 Summit

• CHIME to HHS: Extend Certification Criteria to HIE Market

• Contest Encourages Fresh Big Data Ideas

• Houston HIE Goes Live

• New Yorkers Asked to Vote for Favorite Patient Portal

• Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Recieves MaHIMA HIM Team Excellence Award

• CMS Posts 2014 Meaningful Use Eligible Hospital Clinical Quality Measure Update

• Group Releases Framework for Data Privacy

• AHIMA Calls for Nominations to Recognize Outstanding Achievement in HIM

• Massachusetts Health Information Highway to Fund $2M for Implementation Grants

• Arcadia Solutions Announces Sean Carroll as CEO

• Virtua Opens Health Information Exchange

• Happtique Publishes Final Standards for Mobile Health App Certification Program

• Healthcare CIO Certification Examination Now Available Online

• First Recipient Selected in McKesson $1 Million EHR Giveaway

• M*Modal Announces Strategic Alliance With 3M Health Information Systems

• AMA, McKesson to Offer Genetic Test Codes

• Electronic Health Communications Often Unavailable to Lower Income Patients

• EHNAC Announces Public Launch of Direct Trusted Agent Accreditation Program

• Mercy Physician Network Launches MyHealth@Mercy Patient Portal

• Massachusetts Health Data Consortium Launches Statewide ICD-10 Collaboration Project

• HealthOne Joins Colorado RHIO

• AHIMA Testimony Stresses Improved Clinical Documentation Practices

• CHIME Announces New CEO

• Nursing School Touts Benefits of Cloud Computing

• Best-of-Breed EDIS Systems Score High With Physicians

• AHIMA Appoints New COO, CFO

• MaHIMA Honors Four Members at Winter Meeting

• One in Five Doctors Report EMR Technology Saved a Life

• NEMT Provides Free Transcription to Oasis Free Clinic

• CHIME Fears Hospitals Unable to Submit Complete, Accurate
Quality Data via EHRs

• Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska Connect Via Direct Secured Messaging

• AHIMA Comments on HIPAA Modifications

• Three HIT Leaders Join KLAS Advisory Board

• ONC Authorizes CCHIT to Certify EHRs for 2014

• KLAS Research Releases Report on HIM Solutions

• James Turnbull Named CHIME-HIMSS 2012 John E. Gall, Jr. CIO of the Year

• CCHIT to Develop ACO IT Framework

• FCC Creates Healthcare Connect Fund

• District of Columbia Launches Direct Secure Messaging

• National eHealth Collaborative Releases the Patient Engagement Framework

• Pri-Med Acquires Amazing Charts

• DoD and VA Award EHR Integration Subcontract to DSS, Inc

• Arcadia Solutions Acquired by Ferrer Freeman & Company and Senior Management

• HIE Vendor Satisfaction Scores Fall

• CHIME Announces New CEO Leadership Role

• Organizations Collaborate to Offer Telehealth Services in North Carolina

• New York Groups to Help HIT Start-Ups

• AMA EHR Survey Open for Business

• Pyramid Health Solutions Adds Two Execs

• CHIME Announces New Board Members

• MRO Corp Announces Acquisition of Florida Medical Record Services, Inc

• AHDI Announces Educator of the Year

• HL7 Offers Free CDA Webinar

• HIM Consulting Firms Merge

• New Partnership Expands Florida's Health Information Exchange

• Top 20 Unexpected Procedure Denials and Top 5 Reason Codes for Ambulatory Facilities

• NEMT named Employer of the Year

• Meaningful Use Momentum Impacts EMR Market Share

• AHIMA Releases New ICD-10 Online Training Courses 

• Alpha II Announces Contract With iMed Software

• Study: More Providers Are Changing EMR Vendors

• ehealth Initiative Urges ONC to Reconsider HIE Approach

• HP, HHS Agree to 10-Year HIT Contract

• ONC Calls for Long-Term and Post-Acute Care to Adopt HIT

• EHR Association Responds to ONC Request for Information on NwHIN Governance

• HL7 Offers Free Ambassador Webinar—Setting the Standard for Quality Reporting and Meaningful Use

• Precyse Inks Agreement With 3M

• Health 2.0 and ONC Announce the Winner of the Reporting Device Adverse Events Challenge

• Group Tells Public to Oppose Nationwide Health Information Network

• AAPC Introduces Practice Management Training and Certification

• Software as a Service EMR Model Garners Greater Appeal

• AHIMA Files Comment Letter on ICD-10 Compliance

• ONC Health IT Dashboard Goes Live

• AHIMA Files Two Comment Letters Responding to Stage 2 Meaningful Use

• CCHIT Responds to Proposed Rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use

• EHR Association Comments on Stage 2 Requirements

• Ten Health 2.0 Startups Launch at Conference

• CHIME Issues Comments on Meaningful Use Stage Two

• New HIT Initiative to Make NYS a Hub for High-Tech Jobs

• Cooperative Exchange Launches Online Payer Survey

• Report: HIT Key to Population Health Management

• Survey: Consumers More Apt to Use Social Media for Healthcare Purposes

• Report Spotlights mHealth’s Potential to Improve Care

• Health 2.0 and ONC Announce Reporting Patient Safety Events Challenge

• Study: Smart Pump Integration With EHR Lacking

• Educational Campaign Launched to Support 5010 Transition

• Don’t Delay ICD-10 Plans, Experts Say

• M*Modal Inks Deal With Duke University Health System

• NextGen to Resell Nuance’s Dragon Software

• AHIMA to Honor HIM Innovators

• Epocrates Names Andrew Hurd as President and CEO

• Study: Healthcare Organizations Anxious to Take Advantage of Clinical Informatics

• T-System Acquires Clinical Coding Solutions

• CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic to Deploy Allscripts EHR Nationally  

• Study: EHRs Can Help Manage Obesity  

• OMG, HL7 Announce Adoption of New Data Exchange Standard

• AHIMA Comments on CMS’ Plan to Reexamine ICD-10 Timeline

• Physician Practices Cite ICD-10 as Most Impactful Issue

• Survey Reveals High Demand for HIT Workers

• Study Says to Expect Data Center Construction Boom

• Verizon, Health Evolution to Promote Connected Health

• AHIMA Urges Organizations to Keep Moving Forward With ICD-10

• Health 2.0 Launches Developers World Cup  

• Cooperative Exchange Announces Medical Electronic Attachment as Newest Member

• Quest Diagnostics to Offer EHR Price Break

• ONC Launches Healthy New Year Video Challenge

• eHealth Initiative Announces 2012 Board of Directors

• Allscripts, DiagnosisOne to Collaborate on Clinical Decision Support Tools

• MGMA Calls for Six-Month 5010 Contingency Plan

• HIT Group Speaks Out Against Meaningful Use Delay

• AHIMA Coding Programs Receive NCCA Accreditation

• Massachusetts Program Announces Participating Hospital in Data Exchange Program

• CCHIT Announces First Batch of Certified Long-Term Care EHRs

• HIMSS, OMG to Collaborate on Standards Development

• Siemens Acquires MobileMD

• RelayHealth Captures the VA's Blue Button Contest

• MGMA Urges HHS to Issue HIPAA 5010 Contingency Plan

• CHIME Survey Shows Hospitals Making Progress With EHR Incentives

• HBMA Develops Standard Definitions for 5010 Readiness

• AHIMA Pushes for HIM Workforce to be Included in Jobs Bill

• Diskriter Names New Executive Director

• AHIMA Appoints New CEO

• CMS to Use 3M ICD-10 Conversion Software

• SpeedType, OAK Horizons Launch New Educational Class

• Webinar Series to Focus on Narrative Notes

• Aetna Debuts mHealth Tools for Docs

• MaHIMA Names President-Elect

• ABILITY Network Launches Online Client Community

• Transcend Announces Acquisition of Salar

• AHIMA White Paper Addresses Managing Health Information in ACOs

• Massachusetts Pilot Program to Promote Electronic Transfers

• MedeAnalytics Releases Analysis of Public Comments on ACO Proposed Rule

• AHIMA Foundation Initiates Health Information Relief Operation Fund

• AHIMA Responds to Proposed Disclosure Rule

• HL7 International Appoints ONC’s Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, to the Board of Directors

• New England Medical Transcription Undergoes Executive Changes

• Venture Capital Group Announces HIT Contest

• Standard Register to Acquire Dialog Medical

• Medical Necessity Contentions Fueling RAC Denials

• Nevada Health Information Project Sees Results

• Former WebMD Executive Takes Reins at EGHC

• Bloomberg BusinessWeek Spotlights Nuance's Acquisition History

• Would Delaying Stage 2 of Meaningful Use Help ICD-10 Efforts?

• AHIMA Responds to the OIG’s Comments on EHR Security

• Transcend Acquires Heartland

• New England Medical Transcription Inks Deal With NLP International

• AMIA Announces Global Informatics Group

• 3M Names Vice President of Coding and Reimbursement

• MTIA Announces Rebranding

• EHNAC Accredits First HIE Organization

• Patty Thierry Sheridan Elected AHIMA President

• CCHIT Launches Three New Certification Programs

• HHS Proposes Additional Security Safeguards

• Report: HIE Market Dominated by Five Vendors

• Read AHIMA's Statement on the Proposed HITECH Privacy Regulations

• Algorithm Poised to Help HIT Privacy

• EMR Incentives Should Boost Handheld Use in Healthcare, Report Says

• Consumers Can Compare Insurance Options at New HHS Website

• AHIMA: Vocabulary Recommendations Focus Too Much on Meaningful Use

• John Glaser Joins Siemens Healthcare

• ALL TYPE Names COO

• AAPC Announces Chapter Board of Directors

• HHS Issues 45 New HIT Grants

• Arrendale Associates Joins Health Story Project

• MGMA: Accounting of Disclosure Requirements Burdensome

• Grider Named AAPC President

• Flooding Causes AAPC to Move Conference to Jacksonville

• Georgia Tech Teams Romp in Code-a-Thon

• Mass Eye and Ear Alerts Patients to Data Theft

• Nick van Terheyden Joins Nuance

• Karen M. Bell, MD, Is New Chair of CCHIT

• Transcend Submits Bid to Acquire Spheris

• Former Siemens CEO Dillione Joins Nuance

• Mississippi HIE Adds Four Health Systems

• CodeRyte Announces New CFO

• CCHIT Reopens Certification Applications, Testing April 7

• MCS Founder Pat Arvantides Dies at 70

• Study Analyzes Transfer of Patient Information in Donor Cases

• Markle Foundation, Others Weigh in on Meaningful Use

• CHIME Questions Final Certification Rules

• HHS Announces Additional $162 Million in ARRA Funding to Advance HIT

• Premier Recommends Lowering Meaningful Use Requirements

• AHIMA Nominating Committee Announces the 2010 Ballot

• Montefiore Hosts EMR Learning Labs to Help Community Physicians

• Hyland Software Acquires eWebHealth

• CHIME Comments on EHR Incentive Program

• CCHIT Certification Adapts to Meaningful Use

• AdvancedMD Acquires PracticeOne

• AHIOS Names New President

• National eHealth Collaborative Seeks New Board Members

• HHS Earmarks $235 Million to Support Community HIT Projects

• CMS Modifies RAC Documentation Limits

• Alan Dowling Named AHIMA's New CEO

• CCHIT Announces First Certified EHR

• Smartphones Can Diagnose Appendicitis

• HHS Announces $80 Million in HIT Workforce Grants

• MGMA Concerned About ARRA's EHR Incentive Logistics

• CCHIT Public Comment Period Now Open for 2011 Products

• Ingenix to Acquire CareMedic

• Report: Point-of-Care Products Need EHR Connections

• Grants Awarded to Study How Video Games Can Be Healthcare Tool

• New Organization to Create Digitized Transcription Standards

• Study: Patients Want Greater Access to Medical Records

• Initiate Systems Acquires Accenx

• Perot to Establish RHINs in China

• AAPC Releases ICD-10 Code Conversion Tool

• NIH Awards Global Informatics Grants

• Newly Formed Alliance to Help HIT Extension Centers

• CCHIT Launches 2011 Certification

• Medical Coding Salaries on the Rise, AAPC Survey Says

• HHS Releases $27.8 Million in HIT Funds

• AMA Creates New CPT Codes for H1N1 Immunizations

• Vermont HIT Group, Allscripts Form Partnership

• Memphis Hospital Develops Electronic Sepsis Alert

• New Association Promotes Open HIT

• Quest Diagnostics to Offer Free E-Prescribing Trial

• OSi Announces Acquisition of PMT Transcription

• IHI Unveils New "Improvement Map"

• Athenahealth Guarantees Stimulus Payments

• New Wireless Pacemaker Helps Heart Patients Stay in Touch

• MRO Acquires Record Enterprises

• Geisinger Introduces Web-Based Cost Estimator

• HL7, Dental Group to Develop HIT Standards

• Bonnie Cassidy Joins QuadraMed

• eClinicalWorks Inks Prison Deal

• Transcend Announces Acquisition of Medical Dictation Services

• Clearinghouse Offers HIEs Free Platform

• FDA Proposes Mandatory Electronic Safety Reporting

• Ohio State Expands Use of EMRs

• Coalition to Provide Guidance on HIT for Care Transitions

• AAPC Offers 2010 Coding Updates Training Series

• Shared Health, Mississippi Medicaid Develop EHR Plan

• HHS Delegates HIPAA Security Rule Enforcement to OCR

• Kentucky Health System Discards Paper

• AHIMA Goes Global

• AHIMA Letter Urges States to Initiate HIM Programs

• HIMSS EHR Association Elects New Leadership

• Medfusion Acquires Medem's iHealth Services

• Top 10 Dictation Tips for Physicians

• Kloss Stepping Down

• Ask Permission to Use Newborn Data, Parents Say

• AHIMA Launches New Interactive myPHR.com

• Collaboration Formed to Improve Online Health Information

• HBMA Forms ICD-10 Task Force

• Web Tool Aids Insomnia Sufferers

• iMedX Announces Acquisition of Medware Inc

• CalRHIO Fills CEO Vacancy

• Hyland Software Acquires Valco Data Systems

• HIMSS: Usability Key to EMR Adoption

• CCHIT Receives Recommendations for New Certification

• The Leapfrog Group Announces New Board Chair

• Medicity and Eclipsys Forge Partnership

• California Begins Large E-Prescribing Initiative

• GE Launches EMR Financing Program

• Axolotl Corp and Initiate Systems Create Partnership for HIE Solutions

• Michigan Physician Group Joins HIE

• CCHIT Announces Certification Town Calls

• Report Takes a Look at Potential Components of "Meaningful Use"

• ONC Seeks Comment on Regional Extension Centers

• CCHIT Announces New Criteria

• IBM Report Touts Patient-Centered Medical Homes

• VITL Names New President and CEO

• Expert Panel Discusses Privacy Concerns

• Alabama Medicaid Physicians Adopt E-Prescribing

• Pennsylvania HIT Group Announces Major Expansion

• CCHIT Approves Latest Criteria

• HHS Makes Key HIT Appointments

• Medsphere Names CFO

• Patients Satisfied With Web-Based Blood Pressure Care

• Iowa Electronic Health Market Opens Swine Flu Prediction Markets