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Northern Kentucky University is offering two new certificate programs aimed at unemployed professionals, one of which will focus on equipping individuals with computer skills for the healthcare industry.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced Friday nearly $1 billion in grant awards for regional extension center, health information exchange and healthcare IT training.

Senate Finance committee jobs bill expands the types of physicians who can qualify for meaningful use incentives.

Implementing a computerized physicians order entry system poses multiple challenges, with physician engagement at the top of the list.

Extension center contractors will be held to account for helping providers past the hurdles of 'meaningful use'.

Stressing the benefits of early action - and illustrating just how much farther ahead in adoption Massachusetts is than many other parts of the country - two significant local users of healthcare IT offered insights from their experiences in Boston on Tuesday.

About 48 percent of patients in a recent survey said their doctor was using an electronic health record during their most recent visit to their physician.

The Veterans Affairs Department has launched a competition among its employees to see who can come up with the best ideas for how to use health IT to improve the agency's healthcare practices and treatments.

The Internet has considerably more influence over consumer health decisions and actions than traditional channels like print, TV and radio, according to a new report from Manhattan Research.

GE Healthcare recently launched a new global business unit that provides eHealth solutions and services to healthcare providers, health insurances and governmental agencies.