We are pleased to announce that Joaquín Blaya has been elected to serve the first, two-year term for the Community Board Member position on the board of directors. Read More »

There is a yawning gap between the rate of Internet adoption in rural and urban Ghana. While Internet adoption is growing steadily in Accra and other major cities, there is virtually no connection in most parts of rural Ghana. Considering the Internet's potential to radically impact education, health, agriculture and socio-economic development, it is imperative that stakeholders adopt and implement strategies to close the prevailing rural-urban digital divide. Read More »

The cost, physician practice size, and lack of technical resources still present barriers for small healthcare providers in adopting electronic health records and participating in the meaningful use incentive program. Read More »

The Council For Affordable Quality Healthcare's Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CAQH CORE) will collaborate with the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) on activities related to harmonizing electronic data interchange standards and operating rules across healthcare. Read More »

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) will be the sole authorized accreditor of organizations that want to certify electronic health records (EHR) for meaningful use under the permanent certification program for health IT. Read More »

The Department of Defense has completed a worldwide rollout of a clinical documentation system that spans 100 hospitals in seven countries.

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The Veterans Affairs Department has selected a Reston, Va. small business to be the custodial agent managing open-source efforts to modernize the department's longstanding electronic health record system.

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Although the Veterans Affairs and Defense departments are equally committed to deploying a joint electronic health record system in the next four to six years, the VA is more enthusiastic about the role of open-source development in the process, according to  VA CIO Roger Baker.

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The Veterans Affairs Department on Monday announced it had awarded a $5 million contract to the Informatics Applications Group, a small technology services company based in Reston, Va., to spearhead its next-generation electronic health record open source software.

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