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It's the new year, and soon-to-be President Barack Obama isn't the only one saying, "Yes we can." During Obama's aggressive transition period, groundwork has already been laid for healthcare reform that will include healthcare IT advancement as a key principle.

President-elect Barack Obama made it formal. Former Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota is his nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Obama also named Daschle to lead a White House healthcare reform team, with Jean Lambrew as deputy director.

Healthcare providers often don't have the money, time or experience to properly install and manage new IT systems. That's where The Breakaway Group comes in.

A new study has found that physicians who receive training in a technology-rich environment but go on to work in a less modern facility feel they can't provide safe, efficient care as they could have with information technology.

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has tapped AT&T Business Solutions for a multi-million-dollar group of projects focused on networking and wireless applications.The association...

Health information could be accessible around the clock if all the data we had to deal with had only two digits to the right of the decimal place.

WASHINGTON — Healthcare IT leaders around the country had nothing but praise for Dr. David J. Brailer on Thursday following his appointment as the nation's healthcare IT chief....