QHR Technologies has signed a letter of intent to acquire up to 100 percent of Clinicare, an EMR company.

The FDA has issued a reminder that protecting medical devices and associated communication networks from cybersecurity risks is a shared responsibility between medical device manufacturers and users.

Health IT company Ingenix will acquire St. Petersburg, Fla.-based CareMedic Services in a cash transaction, the terms of which were not disclosed.

eClinicalWorks EHRs and practice management software have been selected by New Yorks Catholic Independent Practice Association for its ambulatory care offices and select physician offices in Buffalo, N.Y.

.A survey of U.S. health IT security professionals has found that 70 percent of them believe that senior healthcare managers do not view privacy and data security as a priority.

Floridas Agency for Healthcare Administration has partnered with three companies to provide a free, online database that will allow the states 2.6 million Medicaid recipients to access personal health records (PHRs).

Health IT developer MaxMD and EMR software developer eCast haveentered into a non-exclusive partnership to develop EMR technology.

A subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the Cybersecurity Coordination and Awareness Act of 2009, which included an amendment requiring the National Institute of Standards and Technology to add health IT systems to its cybersecurity research and development.