> EMRs are helping participants in the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration achieve high rates of compliance. Article
> HHS has asked vendors to chime in with ideas for promoting health information exchanges and a framework for reporting quality and outcomes. Article
> Chalk one up for the rule of unintended consequences: Thanks to a coding error in its computer system, the Department of Veterans Affairs mistakenly informed 1,200 Gulf War vets that they had Lou Gehrig's disease. Article
> HHS has published standards for notifying individuals of security breaches in personal health records. FierceHealthIT
> Ambulatory EMR vendor MedLink International has named quality improvement and medical informatics veteran Dr. Abha Agrawal to its advisory board. Press release
> Phoenix Children's Hospital has attained a 99 percent adoption rate for its CPOE system. Article
> Informatics Corporation of America has started certifying integration partners for its ambulatory EMR. Press release
> A small Louisiana community hospital is going open source with its EMR. Article
And Finally... Is there any wonder why cardiology is a booming business? Article