The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has appointed three members to the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee as well as members of the HIT Standards Committee.

While Virginia state officials said there is no evidence that personal information was stolen by hackers who accessed a computer system that collects data on approximately 8.3 million patients, the State Police and the FBI have launched a formal investigation into the matter.

Although health IT developer Eclipsys showed an uptick in revenue for its fiscal 2009 first quarter (end-March 31), the firm posted a net loss for the period.

David Blumenthal, MD, the national health IT coordinator, and members of the health IT advisory panels created by the economic stimulus are gearing up to tackle how to best execute the $2 billion in health IT funds designated under funding provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Cascade Orthopaedics has selected SRSsoft's EMR for its three offices, which provide care to the Tacoma area of Washington State.

Foresight Imaging has released version 2.2 of its TIMS DICOM system with new features that include audio recording and annotation as well as audio playback.

Healthcare information service provider Cerner has reported that its 2009 first quarter profit rose from the prior year on higher revenues, reflecting a strong performance from its support, maintenance and services business.

IBM Global Financing, the lending and leasing business segment of IBM, is adding a $2 billion financing component to help providers finance health IT initiatives tied to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).