Three major healthcare informatics organizations this week published a new study designed to help guide the conversation around how electronic health information should be managed and put to use by ...

Electronic health information exchange among hospitals and physicians has been steadily increasing in recent years, but disparities remain among rural and small hospitals as they may not be able to ...

EHRs are a vital way to automate and streamline the healthcare process, but implementation can be challenging. Learn how to smooth the transition.

This analysis of Medicare data examines the relationships between fragmented readmission, health information exchange, and repeat imaging in older adults with and without Alzheimer disease. Objectives ...

Passage and implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act has ushered widespread electronic health record adoption by providers, forward momentum on interoperability and more vendors incorporating data ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is taking an important step to improve how we serve the public by joining the ...

The passage of the HITECH Act and the 2011 launch of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs (now known as the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program and commonly referred to as ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Two Democratic lawmakers are looking to establish standardized policies and transparency requirements for the use of electronic medical ...

Although federal EHR technology investments had disappointing results, they were necessary to start digitizing the nation's health care data and set the stage for a promising future. An architecture ...

Most of today’s medical professionals prefer electronic medical records (EMRs) over paper medical records, viewing them as a substantial improvement. However, not all practices will fare better by ...

The Health Service Executive is about to begin procurement of a national electronic health record (EHR) for Ireland.