Molly Merrill

Beth Israel Medical Center, part of Boston-based Continuum Health Partners, is using physician query software to improve clinical documentation.

A recent survey finds that although more physician leaders are using healthcare information technology, they still find it clunky and unresponsive to their needs.

SureScripts-RxHub, the country's largest national electronic prescribing network, has changed its name to Surescripts and launched a new e-Prescribing Resource Center Web site.

The Michigan Health and Hospital Association has signed a three-year contract with the ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization to provide its members with patient safety data collection and analysis.

A recent study finds clinicians often override the built-in medication alerts in e-prescribing systems and instead rely on their own judgments.

VNA HealthCare, a home healthcare, hospice and independent living service in Connecticut, is moving to automation.

The Henry Ford Health System in Detroit provided live Twitter feed Friday of a successful robotic hysterectomy performed on a 31-year-old female.

Surgeons at the Henry Ford Health System, a Detroit-based non-profit healthcare system, will use Twitter to educate the public on a live robotic surgery.

Pediatric Associates of Washington State is implementing an electronic health record for its 70 physicians.

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is developing a dermatology-specific electronic health records certification program for 2010.