Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

The deal will enable joint clients to manage care virtually and provide access to patients via a portal. 

Veterans will initially be able to schedule primary care appointments by using a new app. And in the future VA officials plan to add optometry, audiology and mental-health. 

'This is kind of an area where we've been moving each year since we adopted the electronic medical records,' said Major League Baseball's chief legal officer, following suspension of Padres' GM Preller.

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.