EHRs

The error rate for HealthCare.gov transmitting consumer information to insurers has fallen to less than 1 percent since the beginning of this month, according to a blog post written by CMS Director of Communications Julie Bataille.

Within integrated delivery networks, connectivity is essential. This involves data, or electronic connectivity, which is mostly achieved today through electronic health records. It also includes, although often not thought about, physical connectivity, or transporting tangible materials throughout the system to…

Electronic medical records have many benefits, and certainly a future where a patient's medical record travels with her from facility to facility, improving coordination and reducing duplicative care, is a desired one. However, many providers who are going through or…

On July 15, Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for health IT, appeared on NPR's All Things Considered to promote electronic health records as a tool to improve patient safety.

An online system connecting primary care providers and specialists at San Francisco General Hospital helped shorten wait times for specialty services and improved the coordination of care, according to a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine.

In "HIMSS13: Health IT Leaders Seek Interoperability Solutions," Marion Jenkins, executive vice president at 3T Systems, summarized the key topics discussed at the Health Information Management Systems Society Annual Conference held in New Orleans, March 3-7, 2013.

The American Medical Association and McKesson have announced that they have entered into a licensing relationship to offer healthcare systems a consistent way to identify and track molecular diagnostic tests.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., has opened a new outpatient center in New Brunswick, according to a New Brunswick Patch report.

Merge Healthcare's iConnect Enterprise Clinical platform is now available through EMC Select, a program that helps providers acquire components that comprise an information infrastructure.

Merge Healthcare intends to connect its imaging network with the Surescripts Network for Clinical Interoperability in order to enable hospitals and imaging centers to electronically deliver imaging reports to providers through electronic health records on the Surescripts Network.