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With security and privacy of patient information paramount as the government and healthcare industry work to transform the system, the American Health Information Management Association is calling for national standards to protect patient information.

A new initiative launched in Ohio plans to improve the flow of information between health plans and physicians' offices using a multi-payer Web portal.

The Bronx Regional Health Information Organization has entered into a partnership to improve health information exchange between providers in New York.

The 81st convention and exhibition of the American Health Information Management Association officially gets down to business today with an address from Vera Rulon, president of the organization.

Since 2005, the number of patients using the Internet to research prescription drug information has doubled to 102.3 million, according to a new study from Manhattan Research.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a report Thursday on how information technology can improve healthcare for Americans living in rural communities.

The health information exchange (HIE) landscape is changing rapidly since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), according to one healthcare consultant.

Kaiser Permanente will join Health 2.0 Accelerator, a consortium focused on advancing consumer-centric healthcare.

With concern high over surge capacity associated with a potential H1N1 outbreak or terrorist-related emergency, the Inova Health System recently completed a full-scale drill to test its response to an emergency.

The federal stimulus incentives to adopt health IT are a "nice add-on," however they are not driving hospitals' overall IT initiatives, hospital executives said last week at a healthcare summit here.