Data management company Initiate Systems has acquired health information exchange provider Accenx Technologies to expand its interoperable healthcare solutions. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

IBM has launched a Health Analytics Solution Center, part of a network of global centers addressing the demand for advanced analytics needed to help hospitals and medical staff improve decision making and optimal quality of care.

Drummond Group will seek to become a certifying body upon the release of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) requirements for certifying bodies for EHRs.

As part of its healthymagination enterprise, GE Healthcare has introduced eHealth, a new business unit that is said to connect care providers and patients, and allow for health information sharing across multiple institutions.

The federal governments current shift to sharing health information using open-source technology could potentially reduce costs and time for patients and the government, according to a panel discussion of health IT experts who gathered Oct. 30 in Washington, D.C.

An H1N1 flu iPhone application has been unveiled by the Harvard Health Publications Division of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass.

Ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, has sent a letter to 10 health IT companies requesting consumer complaint information about their health IT products.

Although meaningful use standards for EHRs should help improve patient care within community health centers, many barriers remain in place for smaller providers to adopt this technology, according to representatives of these facilities who spoke at yesterday's meeting of the HIT Policy Committee.