EHR

Penn Medicine’s Brian Wells puts out a call to technology companies to incorporate new functionalities that could vastly improve how physicians personalize care and eradicate killer diseases. 

The president-elect has already laid out a plan that many feel will cause massive disruption to the industry.

In its annual report to Congress, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT touts widespread EHR usage and an increase in health information exchange. But the agency says there's still work do be done to make true interoperability a success.  

Ensuring uniformly high-quality telehealth requires providers, technology vendors and ethicists to address and answer some big questions about the efficacy of remote vs. in-person care.  

The prize recognizes technological research and innovation in informatics.

Interoperability of medical records across physician offices remained elusive in 2015, according to the latest data reported out by the Centers for Disease Control.

Other emerging C-suite roles, such as chief strategy officer, chief transformational officer, chief innovation officer, chief integration officer and physician-in-chief are also earning better compensation.

CIOs from Healthcare IT News Best Hospital IT Departments 2016 share their take on the fate of electronic health records. 

The health network is moving to an enterprise-wide platform to improve care quality and patient safety.

Contest seeks innovative uses of APIs thay can enable consumers to more easily share their personal health data.