President Barack Obama is making a major push for electronic medical records. But in a new study, Dr. Ashish Jha of Harvard University's School of Public Health finds 90 percent of the hospitals he ...

Ordering a test at a hospital used to mean sending a paper order through a pneumatic tube and waiting for it to arrive at the laboratory. Now, physicians can order tests with a single click. As a ...

Parkview Health is working with some rural hospitals to share electronic medical records technology and purchasing power.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — MetroHealth System(Opens in a new window) employees and leaders are spending much of today celebrating the 10th birthday of their electronic medical record system, called Epic. Epic ...

The electronic age has paved the way for speedy retrieval of medical records. It has allowed for instantaneous access to records that only a few decades ago would have taken hours if not days to ...

Sometimes technology is as much a problem as it is a solution. In the health-care industry, electronic health records (EHRs) are causing plenty of headaches because of a lack of standards and ...

Current information technology is lacking an efficient and comprehensive solution to everyday care for the healthcare provider and patient. For many physicians, there is a forced acceptance of the ...

The Upper East Side oncology hospital lost $61.7 million between July and September, posting a nearly 3% operating deficit, ...

The Pentagon launched its global electronic health record system Monday, touting it as a major milestone in an effort to create universal medical records for 9 million military service members, ...

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