Despite rapid deployment of electronic health records many doctors aren’t connected to other physicians or healthcare service providers in a way that would allow them to share information “meaningfully,” reports Amednews.com. Read more...

Electronic health records make it easy to identify tainted food sources, compile real time statistics and spot disease trends, reports FierceHealth IT. Read more...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will offer small provider tips on accessing information on the smartphone securely, according to Government Health IT. Read more...