The new health plan identifier proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services will streamline electronic transmission of health data, reports Fierce EMR. Read more...

In the last two years, the percentage of doctors using electronic health records has doubled, according to the Director of the Office of Standards and Interoperability of the Office of the National Coordinator. Read more...

A new developer challenge issued by the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT asks developers to design new technology to help hospitals report patient safety events, reports Government Health IT. The challenge asks developers to create a new app to make it easier for busy doctors and nurses to report patient safety events, whether in the hospital or ambulatory care setting. Click here to read the full article.