Misidentifying a patient can lead to significant consequences, including reduced clinical productivity, revenue loss and even patient harm.

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New York City-based Columbia University's Data Science Institute appointed Jeannette Wing the Avanessians Director of the institute as well as professor of computer science.

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is going to start deploying Epic's EHR platform on May 5, according to a Reading Eagle report.

Cable and telecom companies have a rich history of customer service horror stories, but one area where they often excel despite famously poor customer care is reducing turnover, or churn.

Here are the top five most-read health IT stories from April, beginning with the most popular.

The top three vendors hospitals used to attest to the meaningful use program are Cerner, Meditech and Epic, according to June 2016 ONC data.

Smartphone usage in hospitals has increased steadily since 2012, with 77 percent of respondents reporting their organizations support smartphone use, according to the second installment of Spok's annual mobility in healthcare survey.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched its 18-month IT replacement project called Epic Leap. The medical center is replacing its current IT system with software from Epic.

Greenway Health, a provider of healthcare technology, clinical and financial solutions, announced it was the victim of a cyber attack involving ransomware. A limited number of its 10,000 customers were affected by the attack, however, the company has not noted…