CIOs' top priorities for 2013.

• Position: ELECTRONIC RECORDS - Chief information officers - Brief article

Ask 100 healthcare CIOs and senior IT executives what their top priorities are in 2013 and you'll hear network security issues, IT infrastructure upgrades, and electronic health records (EHRs) implementation. Those were the findings of an independent research study by Level 3 Communications.

Those surveyed were less inclined to focus on mobile-enabled healthcare (mHealth) and slow to adopt cloud computing.

Other findings include:

* 56% were only "somewhat confident" in their ability to prevent a privacy or security breach on their network.

* 80% agree the EHR-based systems will improve patient care.

* More than 60% think EHR and "meaningful use" mandates are a "good idea" to support better quality patient care.

* 76% plan to upgrade their network...