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Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

By Bernie Monegain | 12:20 pm | February 25, 2015
The PwC team vying for the Department of Defense $11 billion EHR modernization contract has been dropped, leaving three teams in the running.
By Mike Miliard | 11:25 am | February 25, 2015
The number of patients affected by medical identity theft increased nearly 22 percent over the past year, according to a new report from the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance -- an increase of nearly half a million victims since 2013.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:01 am | February 25, 2015
UPMC's chief innovation officer talks true semantic interoperability, moving past the hype and reaching thousands of patients at a time.
By Bernie Monegain | 01:45 pm | February 24, 2015
Over the past 10 years or more, information technology has markedly changed the treatment and care cancer patients receive today.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:32 am | February 24, 2015
Geisinger Health System has found a new leader to fill the position of CEO, succeeding Glenn Steele Jr., MD.
By Madelyn Kearns | 09:07 am | February 24, 2015
Optimizing EHRs for tablets is the first step toward transforming care delivery. Next up: Covering more steps of the care continuum.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:55 am | February 23, 2015
Stiffer competition between key vendors is leaving an increasing number of healthcare providers on the fence about which EHR system to buy, according to a new report form research firm KLAS.
By Mike Miliard | 10:59 am | February 23, 2015
Black Book, the research firm known for its rankings of health IT products, has changed its survey process after an inspection of its EHR survey responses found dozens of hospital resellers casting ballots for physician practices.
By Scott Tharler | 08:59 am | February 23, 2015
The self-professed "disruptive innovation geek" lauds the HIT community, laments the state of patient-centered care and reflects on time spent in telecom.
By Tom Sullivan | 12:14 pm | February 20, 2015
Healthcare organizations willing to break the tried-and-true approach to acquiring IT products are creating applications that are more closely aligned with their needs. And potentially getting equity in a successful startup.