EMC and its security division, RSA, made several announcements during the recent HIMSS conference in Atlanta.

Too many requirements on data transmission within an organization are not advised, according to the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) in its comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) regarding the initial set of standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria for EHR technology.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Healthcare organization Rhode Island Quality Institute was recognized as a national IT and HIE leader yesterday by David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health IT, during a visit to Coastal Medical in East Providence, R.I.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced yesterday than an additional $162 million funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 will be awarded to 16 states and qualified state-designated entities to help them develop the policies and framework that allow health information to be securely exchanged across providers and hospitals.

Health information exchange (HIE) company Medicity is collaborating with financial and administrative HIE application provider Emdeon to create a converged national HIE. The companies announced the project at the 2010 annual HIMSS conference in Atlanta.

The Interim Final Rule (IFR) model for costs to EHR vendors and developers is overly simplistic and significantly underestimates regulatory economic impact, according to the Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT), which submitted public comments on the IFR to the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT.

In order for telemedicine case management to be more widely adopted, less expensive technology is needed to lower implementation costs,  according to a recent study from The Journal of Medical Informatics Association.

EHR software company Edge EHR has signed a letter of intent to acquire Goal Eyecare Software of Green Bay, Wis.