One in three prescriptions are now e-prescriptions in Massachusetts, according to e-prescribing network provider Surescripts last week at the annual Safe-Rx Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.

A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysis of guidance and contract actions at the Departments of Defense (DoD), Homeland Security (DHS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) found areas where sensitive information is not fully safeguarded and thus may be at risk of unauthorized disclosure or misuse.

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has announced a privacy breach comprising more than 33,000 patient records housed at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center in South Los Angeles, and the arrest of a suspect charged with one count of felony commercial burglary.

Healthcare consulting services provider Coding Strategies (CSI) has partnered with nonprofit Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) to create a new product designed to give radiology administrators tools to prepare the practice for the implementation of ICD-10.

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems NextGen Ambulatory EHR version 5.6, a certified 2011 Ambulatory EHR, has been additionally certified for dermatology and behavioral health in the Certification Commission for Health ITs (CCHIT) certification program.

Panasonic Solutions and Mobile Armor, a data protection and encryption technology company, have entered into a license and reseller partnership to integrate Mobile Armor's data encryption software into select Panasonic Toughbook notebooks and mobile clinical assistants.

iMDsoft, a provider of clinical information systems for preoperative, critical and general care, and Medical Web Technologies (MWT), a provider of web-based medical information software, have partnered to jointly offer their technologies.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced 35 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) investments to help bridge the technological divide, boost economic growth, create jobs and improve education and healthcare across the U.S.