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By Molly Merrill | 12:55 pm | February 10, 2010
About 48 percent of patients in a recent survey said their doctor was using an electronic health record during their most recent visit to their physician.
By Mary Mosquera | 10:57 am | February 10, 2010
The Veterans Affairs Department has launched a competition among its employees to see who can come up with the best ideas for how to use health IT to improve the agency's healthcare practices and treatments.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:24 am | February 10, 2010
The Internet has considerably more influence over consumer health decisions and actions than traditional channels like print, TV and radio, according to a new report from Manhattan Research.
By Jamie Thompson | 09:59 am | February 10, 2010
GE Healthcare recently launched a new global business unit that provides eHealth solutions and services to healthcare providers, health insurances and governmental agencies.
By GHIT Staff | 12:24 am | February 10, 2010
Federal health architecture director lays out a vision for government's role in the health IT 'ecosystem'.
By Mary Mosquera | 02:49 pm | February 09, 2010
VA sets up contest to choose 100 best health IT ideas to help improve agency healthcare practices and outcomes.
By Mike Miliard | 12:34 pm | February 09, 2010
Speaking in Boston Tuesday at the Healthcare Stimulus Exchange Roadshow, Vish Sankaran, director for the Federal Health Architecture Program, outlined his vision for the government's role in promoting broader healthcare IT adoption via the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).
By Diana Manos | 11:11 am | February 09, 2010
Leaders at the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA) announced Tuesday they have published a free business associate agreement to help providers comply with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
By Bernie Monegain | 10:52 am | February 09, 2010
Concord Hospital, a regional medical center and one of the busiest acute care hospitals in New Hampshire, will roll out a new platform to streamline data integration.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:16 am | February 09, 2010
Vendors may suggest that many successful health information exchanges have been built with their technology, but the reality is different, according to a new report from KLAS.