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By Beth Jones Sanborn | 06:08 pm | August 09, 2018
The tech and retail giant has not yet revealed whether the clinics will be part of its deal with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan.
By Jessica Davis | 05:29 pm | August 09, 2018
More than 3 million patient records were breached between April and June, highlighting an even bigger issue: Risk increases over time without proper education or reporting.
By Mike Miliard | 04:55 pm | August 09, 2018
Company says expanding coverage for Amazon, Google Cloud, Microsoft and others, makes it easier for hospitals to comply with a host of data privacy regulations.
By Bill Siwicki | 04:35 pm | August 09, 2018
A new communication process in the emergency department helped the hospital reduce the time it took a patient to get to their new unit by almost half an hour.
By Bill Siwicki | 04:15 pm | August 09, 2018
Wanting to reduce its hospital-acquired infections, Denver Health Medical Center implemented an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system – and improved its adherence rate from 40 percent to 70 percent.
By Mike Miliard | 02:57 pm | August 09, 2018
In an SEC filing, the for-profit chain says it is cooperating with an investigation into its hospitals' participation in the federal incentive program but offered few details.
By Lynne Minion | 02:04 pm | August 09, 2018
U.S. federal officials this week called on physicians to eradicate faxes by 2020 while hospitals in Australia and England had situations of their own. 
By Tom Sullivan | 05:48 pm | August 08, 2018
Making security personal to employees and engaging future generations to rekindle the dwindling talent pool are a good start.
By Jessica Davis | 03:57 pm | August 08, 2018
Security researchers notified the open source EHR managing software of nearly 30 critical vulnerabilities – the second set of vulnerabilities found in a year.
By Tom Sullivan | 03:12 pm | August 08, 2018
Tech, policy and an ecosystem of smartphone platforms are all cause to be very optimistic, says Ricky Bloomfield, MD.