Health information technology has been touted as crucial to better healthcare, but a new report says an entirely new regulatory agency is needed to oversee this largely unregulated sector, which can also injure or kill patients if it’s not operating properly.

In pushing for a new oversight body, the respected Institute of Medicine, an independent research and advisory organization, is explicitly advising that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) not be tasked with the job – a recommendation that is bound to be controversial.  [Read More]

South East Michigan Health Information Exchange joins Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange, also helps Social Security Administration improve eligibility processes. Read More

The TRICARE Management Activity  directed Science Applications International Corp. to provide credit monitoring services for up to 4.9 million beneficiaries whose health information was stored on backup computer tapes stolen from an SAIC employee’s car in San Antonio. Read More