Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary of Financial Resources proposed this rule. The proposal aims to advance interoperability standards.

Health professionals say finding agreement is the key to success for the economic stimulus act's $19 billion for automating health records. Health care information professionals say the success of the ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- LOINC ® and Health Data Standards at Regenstrief Institute has received a $4.4 million grant from the Regenstrief Foundation to support expansion of work on a global initiative to ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Dec. 22 proposed a rule that would significantly reduce federal health IT certification ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Marjorie Rallins, DPM, M.S., has been elected to the Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International Board of Directors during the 37th Annual Plenary, Working Group Meeting and HL7® FHIR® ...

Mike Leavitt, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said investment in health care information technology is essential and a high priority for the U.S. health care system. He also ...

Intelligent Medical Objects, developer of terminology services for electronic health record systems, announced that Eric Rose, MD, director of clinical technology at IMO, has been appointed to the ...

The Department of Health and Human Services wants to study nursing home patient assessment data to determine whether health information technology standards can improve care coordination. More ...

Amid privacy, security and technological concerns, healthcare IT professionals got a progress report on the status of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) which seeks to improve patient ...

Although there has been much talk about electronic health care records among health care providers, the fact remains that most health care providers still rely on paper. Only about 18% of doctors use ...

This course is an introduction to public health informatics and information systems. Topics include the evolution of public health information systems, public health data sources, core concepts and ...