February 12, 2010
The money will go toward health information exchanges, training, and support for health IT deployment.

February 12, 2010
The health IT sector will spawn 50,000 to 200,000 jobs between now and 2015, survey says.

February 11, 2010
The government's healthcare IT stimulus package seems to be having a positive impact on electronic health record adoption.

February 11, 2010
To earn Certified Healthcare CIO designation, candidates must pass exam and have at least three years experience in a CIO position.

February 10, 2010
The search giant say it'll build experimental 1-gigabit-per-second broadband networks in a small number of test locations.

February 10, 2010
A computerized physician order entry and "partial" e-health record system gives medical staff the tools to track and analyze oncology treatments.

February 10, 2010
Social Security numbers were printed on address labels used in a mass mailing sent by the California Department of Health Care Services.

February 9, 2010
The goal is to reach medical institutions and doctors seeking to expand their use of electronic health records and other healthcare technology.

February 9, 2010
With deadlines looming, federal government tries to engineer the huge workforce needed to deploy EMR and other clinical systems.

February 8, 2010
Providence Health & Services is rolling out Compuware performance management tools to speed doctors' access to clinical data and IT's ability to maintain and repair systems.

February 8, 2010
The Government's first national survey on the use of health information technology (HIT) shows widespread use of the Web for finding medical info.

February 5, 2010
The free service, supported by major wireless carriers, sends medical information via SMS messages to subscribers, says federal CTO Aneesh Chopra.

February 4, 2010
Healthcare Management Systems buys MedHost for its emergency department system.

February 4, 2010
The deal brings yet more consolidation to the master data management software market dominated by IBM, Oracle, and SAP.

February 4, 2010
Videoconferencing, digital cameras, and robotics help critical care doctors working from home supervise treatment of pediatric ICU patients.

February 3, 2010
LabDx sends lab results directly to physicians' electronic medical records.

February 3, 2010
Practice Partner Connect enables physician practices to securely exchange medical, billing, and other health data with other doctors, patients, hospitals, and insurance companies.

February 2, 2010
The demo showed the effectiveness of the technology in exchanging patient health information among physician practices, laboratories, and other community providers.

February 2, 2010
The Department of Veterans Affairs will focus on delivering IT projects on time, on budget, says an official.

February 2, 2010
Healthcare providers are criticizing exclusions and the all-or-nothing approach of the final draft definition for meaningful use of e-health records.

February 1, 2010
The president wants to increase funding for the national health IT czar to get doctors and hospitals using e-heath records meaningfully.

February 1, 2010
The insurance company is accused of failing to protect medical records, Social Security numbers, and bank account information of 446,000 customers.