August 11th, 2008
A rule book used by the federally supported Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology to test electronic health-record systems and the policy manual of...
August 7th, 2008
A solid majority of patients say they want doctors to move to an all-electronic format for medical records and prescriptions, saying that by doing...
August 4th, 2008
Lawmakers and witnesses at a House Committee on Small Business hearing on Thursday discussed various barriers, such as high costs and privacy concerns, to...
August 1st, 2008
Additional action on a bill (S 1693) that would create a national electronic health records system likely will be delayed until after Congress’ August...
July 31st, 2008
Full implementation of networked e-health records in U.S. doctors’ offices and hospitals could cost around $150 billion over eight years, a California professor told...
July 6th, 2008
Medicaid patients’ medical records are going online in South Carolina so that people providing treatment have easier access to the information they need to...
July 3rd, 2008
Failure to adequately secure electronic medical records could result in a court hearing or even criminal charges, warns the Medical and Dental Defence Union...
June 25th, 2008
Americans worried medical secrets in new databases will be misused Washington, DC Today, lawmakers will be making decisions about the future of patients’ medical...
June 24th, 2008
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) and ranking member Joe Barton (R-Texas) on Tuesday plan to introduce a bill that would...
June 24th, 2008
With electronic health records seen widely as a way to make medical care better and possibly cheaper, it is disturbing how slowly they are...
