By 2020, 65 percent of enterprises are expected  to be using blockchain technology, according to Orbisresearch.com, citing research from Zacks.

The Cerner EHR implementation at Washington's Department of Social and Health Services is currently delayed as the state negotiates its $32 million contract with the EHR vendor, the Tacoma News Tribune reports. 

Innovation, disruption and bandwidth have become overwrought and under-defined terms in health IT.

Pamela Banchy, RN-BC, is the CIO and vice president of clinical informatics at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based Western Reserve Hospital.

For every giant leap forward that researchers, healthcare providers and technology developers make in incorporating artificial intelligence into healthcare, they seem to be just as quickly forced back to square one by persistent ethical concerns.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to 2018 ONC data.

Since the FBI confirmed that it had raided the San Francisco headquarters of uBiome in late April, not only has the lab testing startup been the subject of further investigations by other public and private agencies, but it has also been plagued by leadership shake-ups and revelations about its questionable billing practices.

Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System deployed an Epic EHR June 29, NBC and CBS affiliate WKTV reports. 

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following health IT executive moves affecting hospitals, companies and federal agencies from January through June.

Here are key insights from nine recent studies on EHRs:

A clinical trial will soon be underway in the U.S. to test the efficacy of an enhanced flu vaccine developed by an artificial intelligence system at Flinders University in South Australia.

Here are 12 artificial intelligence-focused projects and institutes launched by hospitals and health systems in the first half of 2019, beginning with the most recent:

Here are five wearable devices that have received FDA clearance or approval for medical use in the first half of 2019:

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System is notifying 507 patients that their information was mistakenly emailed to single recipient by an employee, according to ABC13.

Members of the International Working Group on Vaccination and Public Health Solutions issued a statement July 2 in which they called on search engines, social media platforms, governments and educators to prevent the dissemination of inaccurate information about childhood vaccination.

Increasing amounts of in-basket messages generated by the EHR is correlated to higher levels of burnout symptoms among physicians, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

CMS and ONC's proposed interoperability rules for patient data sharing could lead to ramifications such as data unknowingly being sold or traded, according to the American Medical Association.

While healthcare organizations vary with blockchain implementation, the decentralized ledger technology has made waves in 2019.

Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine is seeking to dismiss a case that alleges the medical school wrongfully disclosed a patient's information, according to the West Virginia Record.

The U.S. healthcare system lost $6.2 billion in 2016 due to data breaches, with the average data breach costing healthcare organizations' $2.2 million, according to an HHS report, which includes data between 2016 and 2018.