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National Cancer Institute plans to make a lightweight electronic health record available for sharing clinical data.

HHS's Office of Civil Rights will share data with other agencies and contractors responding to breach violations.

Revised definition of hospital-based physician will enable more physicians to qualify for EHR financial incentives.

CAQH announced Friday that 20 health plans, clearinghouses, providers and health information technology vendors have achieved or will certify their implementation of the CAQH Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) Phase II rules.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is expanding its current Medicare provider enrollment system to make it easier for physicians to register to receive meaningful use incentives.

The American Hospital Association is rallying for rapid uptake of healthcare information technology in one of 12 issue papers it released on Friday in advance of its annual meeting April 25-28 in Washington.

The Pennsylvania Governor's Office of Health Care Reform released a request for proposal in early April for an IT vendor to build its statewide health information exchange (HIE) and expects to make a selection in the fall.

California software company Oracle plans to acquire Phase Forward, a Waltham, Mass.-based maker of software applications for life sciences companies and healthcare providers.


Oregon Health & Science University, a recognized national leader in health information technology education, will expand its course offerings with the $5.8 million in government funds it was awarded recently.

Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) and Congressman Tim Murphy (R-PA) introduced legislation Thursday to extend the incentives for the meaningful use of electronic health records to behavioral health and substance abuse providers.