January 30th, 2009
Two healthcare information technology experts have penned an open letter to President Obama, warning him against investing too many federal dollars in existing electronic...
October 30th, 2008
Cost and security concerns about bringing health care record keeping into the 21st century through electronic health records (EHR) have led to a call...
October 14th, 2008
The Kabuki we see in the transition to electronic health records obscures two obvious and fundamental issues: The nature of the confidentiality privilege for...
October 13th, 2008
Many Americans want electronic health records, and say they would access their personal health information online, but the majority are concerned about confidentiality issues,...
October 1st, 2008
The nation’s healthcare IT chief, Robert M. Kolodner, MD, says a new report released by eHealth Initiative shows tangible evidence of healthcare IT progress....
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...
