Hospitals and health systems are scrambling to become meaningful users of certified electronic health record technology within their own entities, but what’s the next step to share health information ...

David Blumenthal, MD, the national health IT coordinator, seeks to quicken the pace on health information exchange after the White House’s call for use of standard language in those exchanges, ...

In August, federal officials released the final Stage 2 rule for Meaningful Use. The second stage calls for hospitals, physicians, and other 'eligible providers' to increase interoperability of health ...

Health information exchanges or regional health information organizations have emerged as vehicles to facilitate the flow of clinical information between providers in the community. The primary ...

Sharing information between primary care physicians, specialists, and other healthcare providers to improve the quality of care is a critical provision of the Affordable Care Act. Although doctors ...

Hospitals can save money by using health information exchanges to reduce readmissions, according to an American Medical News report. A health information exchange is a regional network of hospitals, ...

The number of health information exchanges that share information has nearly tripled during the past year, according to an eHealth Initiative Foundation report. The number of health information ...

The effective participation in health information exchanges requires a focus on data governance, interoperability and ...

Four vendors appear to be market leaders in health information exchanges, according to a new report from Klas Research. Klas surveyed and validated 89 operational health information exchange ...

A legal dispute involving electronic health records vendor Epic and Health Gorilla involving electronic health information exchange is growing more complicated. (Image: Getty Images) A Texas ...

Health information exchanges are important for meeting meaningful use standards, improving the coordination of care and potentially lowering costs. In fact, the Office of the National Coordinator for ...

Two large health care organizations are launching projects to build automated systems for exchanging data, a key step in the Bush administration’s plan for developing a national health IT ...