New York-based Medidata, a cloud-based solutions provider, has launched a new program that will allow easy integration of healthcare data from electronic health records (EHRs), electronic medical records (EMRs) and clinical trial electronic source data into one single platform, the Medidata Clinical Cloud.

iSpecimen, a database of human bio specimen, and Great Lakes Health Connect (GLHC), the leading health information exchange (HIE) in Michigan, have teamed to improve the data network of biospecimens available for research purposes.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released its Draft National Cyber Incident Response Plan (NCIRP) in September. Now, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has written a letter focusing on three main topics to improve the plan.

Baystate Health in Springfield, Massachusetts, announced a security breach that may have exposed the records of as many as 13,000 patients to hackers.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released the final rule on its Health IT Certification Program, focusing on “reliability, transparency, accountability and safety” of certified electronic health records (EHRs).

Healthcare groups including HIMSS, AMIA and CHIME have written a letter to members of Congress asking for a national patient identifier to increase patient safety and the electronic exchange of data.

The Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization, along with HealtheConnections and Fort Drum's Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC), has received approval from the Department of Defense (DOD) for an electronic health information exchange (HIE) partnership with Fort Drum and the surrounding community.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has introduced its online "Playbook," an update from the Patient Engagement Playbook, as an assistive too to help doctors and hospitals in selection EHR’s as well as topics on implementation, design, security and patient engagement.