The rate of electronic health record adoption among priority primary care providers is rising rapidly in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Southern New Jersey, according to directors of the regional extension centers in those states. The directors presented an update to attendees of the Delaware Valley Healthcare Information Management System Society's ...

What a week it's been for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Aside from celebrating the first anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), officials introduced several new comrades to the public. On Feb. 17, Joy Pritts was named chief privacy officer in the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health ...