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At its monthly meeting held Wednesday, the HIT Policy Committee wrestled with patients' rights to opt in or opt out of health information exchange.

Information technology and services company Ingenix has signed a merger agreement to acquire Wakefield, Mass.-based Picis, which provides health information solutions for the high-acuity areas of hospitals.

An information technology overhaul planned for the University of Michigan Health System will affect care providers and administrators in every U-M hospital, clinic and office, according to officials.

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) will collaborate with the World Health Organization (WHO) to harmonize WHO classifications and SNOMED CT to benefit health around the world.

Virginia's Anthem BCBS has launched an initiative to reduce expenditures on ER visits, roughly 60 percent of which could be shifted to other locations that provide the same care for a fraction of the price.

A faster and more open and competitive process should result from the broader participation of testers and certifiers.

Republican member of Congress criticizes lower bar for meaningful use in final rule during health IT hearing.

Gov. Martin O'Malley outlined a new vision for positioning Maryland as a national leader for health IT during a roundtable forum of industry leaders and experts, which convened on Tuesday to discuss healthcare reform and innovation in the state.

Authorized Temporary Certification Bodies - or ATCBs - will be ready soon, stakeholders confirm.

ThingMagic has unveiled a blog project to spotlight a different utility for radio frequency identification chips every day for 100 days to show the diversity of the tiny chips.