Electronic Health Record

By now, most can agree that going electronic is a necessity of doing business, especially in the health care setting.  Among other uses, electronic health records (“EHR”) often provide for the ability...

An attempt to encourage reduced use of anticholinergics failed to win the attention of physicians and patients, according to a new study.

Google is recruiting Android users to see how they prefer to interact with their own health data, and Microsoft is working to develop software that transcribes patient-doctor conversations directly into...

Sound sleep may counter genetic risk of heart disease and stroke … Healthy diet could save $50 billion in cardiometabolic health care costs … Partnership aims to identify flu vaccines for elderly nursing...

Interoperability questions delay contract for VA electronic health record … Missing CO nursing home resident found dead after six-month search … Prescribed exercise program delivers strength...

NEW ORLEANS — With both electronic health record use and litigation on the rise in the long-term care space, providers need to understand how best to secure their data in order to avoid stepping into...

An electronic health records vendor accused of paying kickbacks and selling its software even though it wasn’t certified will pay $155 million to settle legal claims.

Practice Fusion, an EHR vendor, and ePatientFinder have announced a partnership they said would create nation’s largest clinical trial recruitment network.

PointClickCare said it has added three features to its electronic health record system.

Electronic health record use in nursing homes is at an all-time high, but health information technology adoption in long-term care is still lagging behind other healthcare sectors, according to a study...