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The health IT office said it will have certification bodies chosen by late summer; certified products available by fall.

Health office offers guidelines on conditions under which substance abuse records can be exchanged electronically.

During National Health IT Week, health IT leaders meet with legislators, press for regulatory advances

Office of the National Coordinator putting final touches on simple health information exchange tool-set in advance of late summer release.

TriMedx Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides healthcare equipment to hospitals in Third World countries, and whose mission is to offer "hope and health through medical technology," recently reached its goal of impacting more than one million lives.

Christopher Longhurst, MD, has been named chief medical information officer at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. In his role, Longhurst will focus on ways to extend digital data to patients and families to improve the continuum of care, he said.

Less than one in 10 American adults use electronic medical records or e-mail their doctor, according to a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll.

U.S. hospitals have a long way to go to reach the federal government's proposed standard of entering at least 10 percent of orders electronically, according to a new report from KLAS.

Arkansas-based Golden Living will connect 2o of its skilled nursing centers to Indiana Network for Patient Care health information exchange.

VA to support "NHIN Direct', "Viral' HIE, and patient-led record sharing options for lifetime veteran health record.