(Editor's note: This guest blog was written by Craig K. Collins, president and CEO of Perminova Inc., La Jolla, Calif.)One weekend afternoon last fall, a burglar broke into an office and stole some computer equipment. That fairly commonplace crime resulted in one of the biggest patient health data breaches in history. Probably without knowing it, ...

Breaking through red tape at seemingly record speed, the $787 billion economic stimulus package--officially dubbed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--was signed into law yesterday. President Obama expressed confidence in the plan before issuing his signature. The final plan directs $19 billion toward HIT, including $17 billion in ...

The eagerly awaited Final Rules for adoption of ICD-10 will be published in the next few days, and the implementation date has been bumped from 2011 to 2013. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) released a brief statement today applauding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on approving the Final Rules for ...