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MedStar hack shows risks that come with electronic health records

Ben Steffen, executive director of the Maryland Health Care Commission, said electronic medical records are still new and have vulnerabilities, but they benefit patient care. read more

Will Yet Another Electronic Health Records Organization Turn Interoperability Into Reality? - Forbes

Hopes ran high when a group of electronic health record vendors, including Cerner, Allscripts, and athenahealth, formed CommonWell more than a year ago.Then hopes were dashed when Epic Systems ... read more

Is It Happening? Electronic Health Record Vendors Take Steps Toward Interoperability - Forbes

Last week, Farzad Mostashari, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, warned electronic health record vendors not to drag their feet on interoperability by maintaining “data ... read more

Victim List in EHR Vendor Hack Grows as New Details Emerge - GovInfoSecurity

The list of ophthalmology practices and the number of individuals affected by a December hacking incident at cloud-based electronic health records vendor Eye Care Leaders are growing as more details ... read more

Electronic Health Records: Can Microsoft and Google Help? - GovTech

As Congress and doctors dither on electronic health records, industry heavyweights unveil another - more personal -- option. July 27, 2010 • Chad Vander Veen ... read more

Northern Light Health says one of its third-party vendors was hacked

The vendor, Compumedics, provides diagnostic and research technology for sleep disorders and works with hospitals and research institutions worldwide. read more

Preservation Wellness' medical records patent claim thrown out

Yet another federal court has dismissed a patent claim against several electronic health record vendors on the grounds that the patent at issue was too abstract to be patentable. The U.S. District ... read more

MedStar hack shows risks that come with electronic health records

Spurred on by the federal government, hospitals in Maryland have moved quickly in recent years to roll out electronic medical records. The benefits are many. Electronic medical records can help pat… ... read more