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Policy team to base recommendations on three health information exchange models, which drew criticism from some panel members.

Association of Public Health Laboratories wins grant from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to advance exchange of lab data.

Just one year after its launch, officials at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report that 57 percent of patients and 40 percent of referring community physicians are using its Web-based portal for personal health information.

Even before healthcare providers begin to demonstrate the first set of meaningful use requirements next year, federal health IT policymakers are already working on how high to set the bar for providers to qualify for the next round of financial incentive payments in 2013.

The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) has received $2 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide technical assistance to advance electronic exchange of laboratory data.

Risk analysis and disclosure logging will become routine under the next health information privacy regime, experts say.

President Obama announces $795 million program to develop broadband access in rural parts of the country.

Policymakers are studying how best to scale criteria for quality measures over duration of HIT incentive program.

President Obama announced Friday a $795 million government program to develop broadband access in rural parts of the country. Among the beneficiaries will be 900 healthcare facilities.

IBM and the University of Missouri (MU) announced an initiative on Friday that aims to develop a first-of-a-kind cloud computing environment for genomics research collaboration at a regional level.