Providers who adhere to clinical decision support alerts embedded in EHRs report better clinical outcomes for their patients than those who don't, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.

The most common cybersecurity vulnerability among medical devices relates to user authentication, which is often the first line of defense against a hacker, according to a MedCrypt report.

The Internet of Medical Things market is expected to be worth $158.1 billion by 2022, but a few key challenges are standing in the way of its continued growth, according to a Deloitte report.

Rockford, Ill.-based SwedishAmerican implemented an Epic EHR July 1.

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U.S. News & World Report released its Best Hospitals rankings for 2018-19 on Aug. 14, and Becker's Hospital Review looked into which EHRs the top 20 institutions are using — across the board, the answer was Epic.  

Aspirus Iron River (Mich.) Hospital partnered with Traverse City, Mich.-based Indigo Health Partners to offer telehealth hospitalist services for night coverage, according to an Iron Mountain Daily News report.

There is a popular perception that patients at public hospitals tend to receive lower quality care than those at privately owned healthcare organizations.

The Harvard Data Science Initiative is celebrating its first-year successes and planning its next steps.

The CDC released its first national estimates of how office-based physicians are electronically sharing patient health information with other providers Aug. 15.