Jack McCarthy

To make it easier for people to gain access to their personal health information, the U.

Healthcare practices used on the International Space Station are serving as model for caring for people in some of the most deprived and isolated parts of the world, according to an article published last month in the World Health Organization.

The money allocated to VistA comes within $6 billion in discretionary spending for projects including cutting its huge backlog of disability claims

Malpractice suits can have such a severe impact that more than half of physicians admit that the threat of a lawsuit influences their thinking and action with every patient.

Patients are growing weary of having to carry their records from one provider to the next and many are evaluating whether or not doctors use technologies to communicate with them when choosing a new physician.

The project aims to create standards and security while improving patient safety and care quality.

A pilot program at Vanderbilt University and VA found that patients, nearly three-quarter of whom preferred telehealth, received the same quality of care via video and phone as those who came into the hospital.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has released a draft of the 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory for public comment. It contains updates to the advisory's structure and content based on input from the public and the Health IT Standards Committee.

Recent research has found that sending patients a text message encouraging healthy behaviors reduces smoking rates and improves weight loss when compared to a group that did not receive the texts.

Computerized psychotherapies hold great interest for veterans receiving outpatient treatment, according to a study published in Telemedicine and e-Health.