As the computing needs of healthcare organizations expand and evolve, forward-thinking hospitals and health systems are looking to the cloud as a cost effective way to house infrastructure as well as applications. One specific type of cloud configuration—the hybrid cloud—involves…

As a pervasive problem in healthcare, it may come as no surprise that a lack of IT interoperability is a huge barrier to enterprise-wide image viewing.

The following are the top 10 most-accessed health IT stories of November, beginning with the most read.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a commercial vendor to build a new patient scheduling system for the department.

The United States Department of Agriculture has committed $8.6 million in grants for rural telehealth projects across the country.

A former IT contractor for Tacoma, Wash.-based Franciscan Health System stole nearly $100,000 in computer equipment after his employment contract ended, according to The News Tribune.

Last week, a fellow editor couldn't take it any more. She had to get something off her chest. "You know what system I hate writing about?" She paused her typing, turned to me and named a newly formed health system in the Midwest,…

Eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals now have until Dec. 31 to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.

"IT should be one of the places healthcare organizations actively look to save money. This will create an unusual opportunity for CIOs to become the value-based champions every healthcare organization wants on staff."

The use of mHealth apps is increasing, both on the consumer-facing side and the clinician-facing side. However, app security is still lacking. Arxan Technologies has released a report, "State of Mobile App Security," which finds most apps, both paid and…